U.S. Constitution

Article I
Section 3, Clause 1

U.S. Constitution- Legislative Department

Article I. The Congress

Section 3. The Senate

Clause 1. Composition; Election of Senators
Clause 2. Classification of Senators; Vacancies
Clause 3. Qualifications of Senators
Clause 4. Vice President as President of Senate
Clause 5. President pro tempore and other officers
Clause 6. Trial of Impeachment
Clause 7. Judgment in cases of impeachment; Punishment on conviction

Clause 1. Composition and Election

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.

[Note: Revised by the Seventeenth Amendment.]

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