2007-03-26 12:18:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The U.S. Constitution specifies staggered 6-year terms for Senators, and there are special provisions for getting a new state into a situation that makes that pattern continue automatically:
around the time of the first federal elections, in 1788, each state appointed its two Senators for, respectively,
Class I: a two-year and a six-year term,
Class II: a four-year and a six-year term,
Class III: a two-year and a four-year term,
upon the expiration of a Senator's term of any length, someone starts a new six-year term as Senator (based on appointment in most states, until the Seventeenth Amendment required direct popular election of Senators);
2007-03-26 12:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Plurbis 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
6 years
2007-03-26 12:29:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 years
2007-03-26 12:21:29 · answer #3 · answered by pjo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A senator is elected for a six year term. Individual Senators are elected in different years, this avoids the whole of the Senate being up for election at the same time.
2007-03-26 12:27:59 · answer #4 · answered by navymom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 years
2007-03-26 12:21:54 · answer #5 · answered by Jman 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
6 years!
2007-03-26 12:26:39 · answer #6 · answered by smileygabby 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
6 years.
2007-03-26 12:21:58 · answer #7 · answered by ALASPADA 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
6 years. 1/3 of the Senate is up for reelection in every even numbered year.
2007-03-26 14:43:48 · answer #8 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In New York State anything longer than a year is too long.
2007-03-26 12:21:52 · answer #9 · answered by Ponch 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
US SENATOR TERM IS SIX YEARS!!:-)
2007-03-26 12:31:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋