17th Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/17th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:affects election of Senators
gptkbp:allows state governors to call special elections to fill Senate vacancies
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:category Progressive Era amendment
gptkbp:effect Senators elected by popular vote
gptkbp:formerName Senators chosen by state legislatures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:numberInSeries 17
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:62nd_United_States_Congress
May 13, 1912
gptkbp:ratifiedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkb:United_States_Senate_elections
Direct democracy in the United States
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3,_Clauses_1_and_2_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Direct_election_of_United_States_Senators
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:progressivism_in_the_United_States
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7