Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkb:law
gptkbp:adoptedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:affects state legislatures
voters in each state
gptkbp:appliesTo gptkb:United_States_Senate
gptkbp:category 1913 in American law
Progressive Era amendment
United States federal amendments
gptkbp:changes method of electing United States Senators
gptkbp:currentMethod election of Senators by popular vote
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Eighteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
gptkbp:numberOfStatesRatified 36
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Sixteenth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:previousMethod election of Senators by state legislatures
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
May 13, 1912
gptkbp:ratifiedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_Senate_elections
direct democracy
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3,_Clauses_1_and_2_of_the_United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:subject 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:constitutional_law
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4