Direct election of United States Senators
GPTKB entity
Statements (18)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:politics
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
gptkb:United_States_Senate
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| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_States
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| gptkbp:effect |
Senators elected by popular vote
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| gptkbp:formerName |
Senators chosen by state legislatures
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Direct election of United States Senators
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| gptkbp:implementedIn |
gptkb:Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:legalBasis |
gptkb:Seventeenth_Amendment
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| gptkbp:opposedBy |
some state legislatures
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| gptkbp:purpose |
reduce corruption
increase democracy |
| gptkbp:ratifiedBy |
April 8, 1913
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| gptkbp:relatedTo |
gptkb:Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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| gptkbp:replacedBy |
selection of Senators by state legislatures
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| gptkbp:supportedBy |
Progressive Era reformers
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| gptkbp:yearImplemented |
1913
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Prosser_Resolution
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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