Article II. Distribution of Powers

Article II, Section 9

Constitution of the State of Tennessee

Official text

No person shall be a Representative unless he shall be a citizen of the United States, of the age of twenty-one years, and shall have been a citizen of this State for three years, and a resident in the county he represents one year, immediately preceding the election.

Source: Tennessee Blue Book 2025-2026 (Tennessee Secretary of State)

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