t exceed one for every
thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one representative;
and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire
shall be entitled to choose three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and
Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey
four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten,
North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.

Clause 4. When vacancies happen in the representation from any state,
the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill
such vacancies.

Clause 5. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and
other officers, and shall have the sole power of impeachment.

SECTION III. Senate.

Clause 1. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two
senators from each state, chosen by the [Legislature][1] thereof for six
years, and each senator shall have one vote.

Clause 2. 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.][1]

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.

Clause 4. The Vice-president of the United States shall be President of
the Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.

Clause 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a
president pro tempere, in the absence of the Vice-president, or when he
shall exercise the office of President of the United States.

Clause 6. 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 wi