The Constitution
Article I, Section 3, Clause 5
The Senate shall chuse their other Officers, and also a President pro tempore, in the Absence of the Vice President, or when he shall exercise the Office of President of the United States.
The Federalist and Federalist essays
- cited bySuggestedCassius 8, ¶ 12
The third section further provides, that the senate shall choose their own officers. This is so congenial with the constitution of our own state, that I need not advance any argument to induce the free citizens of Massachusetts to approbate it.
Cites "The third section" for the provision that the senate shall choose its officers, which is this clause.
- quoted bySuggestedA Native of Virginia, Article I, ¶ 22
The Senate ſhall chooſe their other officers, and alſo a Preſident pro tempore, in the abſence of the Vice-Preſident, or when ••e ſhall exerciſe the office of Preſident of the United States.
The paragraph prints Article I, Section 3, Clause 5 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.
On Article I, Section 3 as a whole
- cited bySuggestedHouse, June 21, 1911, ¶ 76
- cited bySuggestedHouse, June 21, 1911, ¶ 78
- cited bySuggestedHouse, June 21, 1911, ¶ 619
- cited bySuggestedSenate, July 5, 1909, ¶ 5
- cited bySuggestedSenate, July 5, 1909 (2), ¶ 417
- cited bySuggestedSenate, June 12, 1911, ¶ 535
- cited bySuggestedSenate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 13
- cited bySuggestedSenate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 48
- cited bySuggestedSenate, May 23, 1911, ¶ 79
- cited bySuggestedSenate, April 23, 1912, ¶ 4
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