17th Amendment (direct election of Senators)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/17th_Amendment_(direct_election_of_Senators)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:affects election of Senators
vacancies in the Senate
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_Senate
all U.S. states
gptkbp:category United States constitutional amendment
Progressive Era amendment
gptkbp:enforcedBy gptkb:United_States_federal_government
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 17th Amendment (direct election of Senators)
gptkbp:influencedBy corruption and deadlocks in state legislatures
widespread public support for direct election
gptkbp:notableBattle some state legislatures
gptkbp:notableSupporter gptkb:William_Jennings_Bryan
gptkb:Robert_M._La_Follette_Sr.
gptkb:Progressive_movement
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:previousMethod Selection of Senators by state legislatures
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:62nd_United_States_Congress
May 13, 1912
gptkbp:purpose Direct election of United States Senators by popular vote
gptkbp:ratifiedBy gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Constitution
Progressive Era reforms
Direct democracy in the United States
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3,_Clauses_1_and_2_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:section 1
gptkbp:stateRatificationOrder Connecticut was the 36th state to ratify, providing the necessary majority
gptkbp:textBegins The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof...
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States_Senate_elections
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4