| Constitution of the United States of America Article I: Legislative Branch |
Article I, Section 3: Senate
1.3.1 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from
each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator
shall have one Vote.
1.3.2 Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first
Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes.
1.3.3 The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the
Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth
Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third
may be chosen every second Year;
1.3.4 and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of
the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary
Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such
Vacancies.
Sperseded by 17th Amendment, Section 1.3
1.3.5 No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of
thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall
not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
1.3.6 The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate,
but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
1.3.7 The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro
tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the
Office of President of the United States.
1.3.8 The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting
for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation.
1.3.9 When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall
preside:
1.3.10 And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of
the Members present.
1.3.11 Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to
removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor,
Trust or Profit under the United States:
1.3.12 but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to
Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
1.3.1 The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from
each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator
shall have one Vote.
- Superseded by 17th Amendment, Section 1.1
1.3.2 Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the first
Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three Classes.
1.3.3 The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the
Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth
Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third
may be chosen every second Year;
1.3.4 and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of
the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary
Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such
Vacancies.
Sperseded by 17th Amendment, Section 1.3
1.3.5 No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of
thirty Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall
not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.
1.3.6 The Vice President of the United States shall be President of the Senate,
but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally divided.
1.3.7 The Senate shall choose their other Officers, and also a President pro
tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the
Office of President of the United States.
1.3.8 The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting
for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation.
1.3.9 When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall
preside:
1.3.10 And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of
the Members present.
1.3.11 Judgment in Cases of Impeachment shall not extend further than to
removal from Office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any Office of honor,
Trust or Profit under the United States:
1.3.12 but the Party convicted shall nevertheless be liable and subject to
Indictment, Trial, Judgment and Punishment, according to Law.
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