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 ⓘ
hasLegislativePowers yes ⓘ
hasOathRequirement yes ⓘ
hasTwoClasses yes ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Senate ⓘ
levelOfGovernment federal ⓘ
meetsIn Washington, D.C. ⓘ
minimumAgeOfOfficeholder 30 years ⓘ
numberOfSeatsForKansasInSenate 2 ⓘ
numberOfSeatsPerState 2 ⓘ
oathTo Constitution of the United States ⓘ
officeLocation United States Capitol ⓘ
officeType elected office ⓘ
partOf Kansas congressional delegation ⓘ
represents Kansas ⓘ
residencyRequirement must be an inhabitant of Kansas when elected ⓘ
salaryDeterminedBy United States Congress ⓘ
selectionMethod direct election by voters of Kansas ⓘ
selectionMethodChangedBy Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Kansas elections → includeOffice → United States Senate seats from Kansas ⓘ
linked to: United States Senate seat from Kansas