There are minimum age requirements for participation in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and to become the U.S. president. These requirements are contained in the U.S. Constitution:
(House) In Section 2 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution:
No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the Age of twenty five Years, and been seven Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he shall be chosen.
(Senate) In Section 3 of Article I of the U.S. Constitution:
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.
(President) In Section 1 of Article II of the U.S. Constitution:
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
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There are minimum age requirements for participation in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, and to become the U.S. president. These requirements are contained in the U.S. Constitution:
(House) In Section 2 of Article I of the U.S....
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