United States Senate seat from Kansas

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The United States Senate seat from Kansas is one of the state's two positions in the U.S. Senate, representing Kansas at the federal legislative level for six-year terms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Senate seat
federal legislative office
appointmentAuthority Governor of Kansas
branchOfGovernment legislative
canBeFilledBySpecialElection yes
canBeTemporarilyFilledByAppointment yes
canIntroduceLegislation yes
canServeOnCommittees yes
canVoteOnPresidentialAppointments yes
canVoteOnTreaties yes
chamber upper house of the United States Congress
citizenshipRequirement at least 9 years a citizen of the United States
classDistribution one seat in Class 2
one seat in Class 3
country United States of America
createdBy admission of Kansas to the Union
currentNumberOfOfficeholders 2
electionType popular vote
governingDocument Constitution of the United States NERFINISHED
hasLegislativePowers yes
hasOathRequirement yes
hasTwoClasses yes
legislativeBody United States Senate
levelOfGovernment federal
meetsIn Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
minimumAgeOfOfficeholder 30 years
numberOfSeatsForKansasInSenate 2
numberOfSeatsPerState 2
oathTo Constitution of the United States NERFINISHED
officeLocation United States Capitol NERFINISHED
officeType elected office
partOf Kansas congressional delegation NERFINISHED
represents Kansas NERFINISHED
residencyRequirement must be an inhabitant of Kansas when elected
salaryDeterminedBy United States Congress NERFINISHED
selectionMethod direct election by voters of Kansas
selectionMethodChangedBy Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution NERFINISHED
startTime 1861
statehoodOfKansas January 29, 1861
subjectToImpeachmentVote yes
termLength 6 years
termRenewable indefinitely
votingPower one vote in the United States Senate per seat
votingSystem first-past-the-post

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John Martin officeContested United States Senate seat from Kansas