The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
Senators from each State, (chosen by the Legislature
thereof,) (The preceding words in parentheses
superseded by the 17th Amendment,
section 1.) for six Years; and each Senator shall
have one Vote.
Immediately after they shall be assembled in Consequence of the
first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into
three Classes. 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; (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.) (The preceding words in
parentheses were superseded by the 17th Amendment,
section 2.)
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.
The Vice President of the United States shall be President of
the Senate, but shall have no Vote, unless they be equally
divided.
The Senate shall chuse 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.
The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments.
When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or
Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the
Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted
without the of
two thirds of the Members present.
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: but the Party convicted shall
nevertheless be liable and subject to Indictment, Trial, Judgment
and Punishment, according to Law.