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Originally Posted by TheMercenary
By the way, both Fox and MSNBC are wrong when they report he was elected to the Senate at age 29. He ran for the office at that age, but was 30 when he was sworn in. Thirty is the legal minimum age for service in the U.S. Senate.
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He was elected before his 30th birthday on November 7, 1972, (his b-day is November 20), and was 30 on January 3rd, 1973, when he was sworn in; so Fox for once, as well as MSNBC, are correct.