Chapter XIX: Section III

I. The senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators
from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof, for six years: and
each senator shall have one vote.

II. 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.

III. 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.

IV. The vice-president of the United States shall be president of the
senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

V. The senate shall choose 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.

VI. 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 concurrence of
two-thirds of the members present.

VII. Judgment in cases of impeachment shall not extend further than to
removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office
of honour, 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.

SECTION IV.

I. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and
representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature
thereof; but the congress may, at any time, by law make or alter such
regulations, except as to the place of choosing senators.

II. The congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such
meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall,
by law, appoint a different day.