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Jan 4, 2002 · I. The qualifications proposed for senators, as distinguished from those of representatives, consist in a more advanced age, and a longer period of citizenship. A senator must be thirty years of age at least; as a representative, must be twenty-five. And the former must have been a citizen nine years; as seven years are required for the latter.
- The Federalist Number 62, [27 February] 1788 - Founders Online
The term of nine years appears to be a prudent mediocrity...
- The Federalist Number 62, [27 February] 1788 - Founders Online
Federalist No. 62 is an essay written by James Madison as the sixty-second of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays initiated by Alexander Hamilton arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Jan 10, 2002 · The term of nine years appears to be a prudent mediocrity between a total exclusion of adopted citizens, whose merit and talents may claim a share in the public confidence; and an indiscriminate and hasty admission of them, which might create a channel for foreign influence on the national councils. II.
Federalist Number (No.) 62 (1788) is an essay by British-American politicians Alexander Hamilton or James Madison arguing for the ratification of the United States Constitution. The full title of the essay is "The Senate." It was written as part of a series of essays collected and published in 1788 as The Federalist and later known as The ...
The heads into which this member of the government may be considered are: I. The qualification of senators; II. The appointment of them by the State legislatures; III. The equality of representation in the Senate; IV. The number of senators, and the term for which they are to be elected; V. The powers vested in the Senate. I.
Writing in the Federalist Papers, James Madison explained the unique nature of the Senate and the cautious, deliberative role it would play in American government. In Number 62, James Madison eloquently stated...
James Madison, The Federalist No. 62 (1787)1 As The Federalist explained it, the Constitution created a system of checks and balances among multiple institutions while also placing different powers where they could be best used in the new government.
