Age of candidacy
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Age of candidacy is the minimum age at which a person can legally hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at which a person may be eligible to stand for an e
In 1972, Linda Jenness ran for president of the United States as the third-party Socialist Workers Party candidate, although she was 31 at the time.
Rush Holt Sr.
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Rush Dew Holt Sr. was an American politician who was a United States senator from West Virginia and a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates.
Age of candidacy
…ran for President of the United States, although according to the Constitution she would have been too young to be President if elected. In 1934, Rush Holt of West Virginia was elected to the Senate of the United States at the age of 29. Since the U.S. Constitution requires senators to be at least 30, Holt…
Holt in 1935
Holt's father Matthew in a 1928 Socialist Party publication