Difference between senator and congressman

The Senate is widely considered both a more deliberative and more prestigious body than the House of Representatives due to its longer terms, smaller size, and statewide constituencies, which historically led to a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere.

Although Senators are members of Congress, they are not normally referred to or addressed as “Congressmen” or “Congresswomen” or “Congresspeople”. Members of Congress in both houses are elected by direct popular vote.

To balance the interests of both the small and large states, the Framers of the Constitution divided the power of Congress between the two houses. Every state has an equal voice in the Senate, while representation in the House of Representatives is based on the size of each state’s population.

The U.S. Senate, together with the U.S. House of Representatives, makes up the U.S. Congress. Its makeup is different too: two senators represent each state, and senators serve staggered six-year terms.

A Senate term is six years long, so senators may choose to run for reelection every six years unless they are appointed or elected in a special election to serve the remainder of a term.

The Constitution prescribes that the Senate be composed of two senators from each State (therefore, the Senate currently has 100 Members) and that a senator must be at least thirty years of age, have been a citizen of the United States for nine years, and, when elected, be a resident of the State from which he or she