Us Constitution Article 1 Section 3

The senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from eachstate chosen by the legislature thereof the precedingwords in parentheses superseded by the 17thamendment section 1 for six years.
Us constitution article 1 section 3. And the terms of their successors shall then begin. Section 1 is one of the three vesting clauses of the united states constitution which vests the judicial power of the united states in federal courts requires a supreme court allows inferior courts requires good behavior tenure for judges and prohibits decreasing the salaries of judges. And each senator shall have one vote.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court. And each senator shall have one vote. 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.
No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act or on confession in open court. Section 3 the senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from each state chosen by the legislature thereof for six years. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes.
Back table of contents next. Article 1 the legislative branch. The senate of the united states shall be composed of two senators from each state chosen by the legislature thereof for six years.
In the us constitution the three fifths compromise is part of article i section 2. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union according to their respective numbers which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons including those bound to service for a term of years and excluding indians. Each state regardless of population gets two seats in the senate.
And each senator shall have one vote. The terms of the president and vice president shall end at noon on the 20th day of january and the terms of senators and representatives at noon on the 3d day of january of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified. Treason against the united states shall consist only in levying war against them or in adhering to their enemies giving them aid and comfort.