V
Sect. 1. The Senate of the United States shall be
chosen by the Legislatures of the several States.
Each Legislature shall chuse two members. Vacancies
may be supplied by the Executive until the next
meeting of the Legislature. Each member shall have
one vote.
Sect. 2. The Senators shall be chosen for six
years; but immediately after the first election they
shall be divided, by lot, into three classes, as nearly
as may be, numbered one, two and three. The
seats of the members 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, of
the third class at the expiration of the sixth year, so
that a third part of the members may be chosen every
second year.
Sect. 3. Every member of the Senate shall be of
the age of thirty years at least; shall have been a
citizen in the United States for at least four years
before his election; and shall be, at the time of his
election, a resident of the State for which he shall
be chosen.
Sect. 4. The Senate shall chuse its own President
and other officers.
