James Shields was denied a seat in the United States Senate in 1849 under the following resolution: Resolved. That the election of James Shields to be a Senator of the United States was void. he not having been a citizen of the United States for the term of years required as a qualification to be a Senator of the United States at the commencement of the term for which he was elected. LXXV2 Shields was naturalized on October 21. 1840. According to Article I. section 3. clause 3 of the United States Constitution: No person shall be a Senator who shall not have * * been nine years a citizen of the United States. It will be noted that the Senate in the resolution fixed the date when Shields would become a Member of the Senate as the date of the commencement of the term for which he was elected.
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