Constitution Study Guide Article I 1.) Article I deals with the legislative departments such as Congress, House of Representatives and the Senate. 2.) They are elected every second year. 3.) They must be above 25,have been a citizen of the US for at least 7 years, and must live in the state they are running for. The Unofficial requirement is that the representative reside in the district from which he or she was elected. 4.) Each state must have at least one representative. 5.) They are reappointed every ten years after each census. 6.) The leader of the house is someone elected to expedite legislative business and keep their parties united. There is both a minority and majority leader. The House of Representatives chooses their own leader.