Age of candidacy laws in the United States
This article delineates the age of candidacy laws of the federal government and individual states of the United States. The US has historically had minimum age requirements for many positions, ranging from President to local members of city council. While there is no maximum age limit or point of forced retirement - other countries like Canada enforce retirement ages on judges and senators - there are term limits in some cases, most notably a limit of 2 full terms for the President of the United States. Federal government President of the United States and Vice President of the United States: Minimum age: 35 Per: Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the United States Constitution and Amendment XII of the United States Constitution United States Senator: Minimum age: 30 Per: Article I, Section 3, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution United States Representative: Minimum age: 25 Per: Article I, Section 2, Clause 2 of the United States Constitution State government * Qualified elector/registered voter requirement. † State Senate membership requirement. N.A. implies that such a position does not exist in that state. Alaska Any public office: at least 30 (qualified voter requirement) Arizona Any public office: at least 18