House of Representatives

The House of Representatives One of the biggest disagreements between the federalist and the anti-federalist was the issue of the separation of powers, that the executive, judicial, and legislative branches should be separate and distinct. The anti-federalists were afraid that the mixing of the powers would enable the government to hold all of the power and trample on the rights of the individual. The federalist realized this and addressed the issue by saying that in …

…representative? The Constitution stated that a representative must be at least twenty-five years old; must have been a citizen for the United States for at least seven years; at he time of his election, be an inhabitant of the state he is to represent; and, during his time in office, he can not hold any other position in government. The question of the duration of the office of the representative was not as easily answered.