What is the minimum age to serve in the Senate?
You must be at least 30 years old to serve in the Senate.
Short Answer30
Explanation
How Congress WorksArticle I, Section 3 requires a senator to be at least 30, a citizen for nine years and an inhabitant of the state they represent.
Source
- U.S. Constitution, Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 ↗
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.
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