Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution says, in part, “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.”

How many senators where elected while of age 29 but where sworn into office after thier 30th birthday? Can you name them?

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Originally posted by Leppi:
Article I, Section 3 of the Constitution who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.”

shall NOT?

Two were elected at age 29 and sworn in at 30:

Joseph Biden of Delaware
Rush Holt of West Virginia

One was elected and sworn in at 29...:

Henry Clay

And two were fully seated in the Senate at age 28!

John Eaton of Tennessee
Armistead Mason of Virginia

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(SR: Leppi has transposed the Constitution correctly. Another reading of the entire sentence will satisfy you that it is correct)

correct fuse! and SR, don't blame me if you dn't like how it is worded, blame the american forefathers!