U.S. Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/U.S._Constitution_(Seventeenth_Amendment)
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:adoptedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:affects election of U.S. Senators
gptkbp:allows state governors to make temporary appointments to the Senate
gptkbp:category Progressive Era amendment
gptkbp:firstStateToRatify gptkb:Massachusetts
gptkbp:formerName Senators chosen by state legislatures
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label U.S. Constitution (Seventeenth Amendment)
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Progressive_movement
gptkbp:lastStateToRatify gptkb:Connecticut
gptkbp:location Article I
gptkbp:numberOfAmendments 17
gptkbp:numberOfStatesRatified 36
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:United_States_Constitution
gptkbp:proposedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:providesFor direct election of Senators by the people
gptkbp:ratifiedBy April 8, 1913
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:U.S._Senate
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Article_I,_Section_3,_Clauses_1_and_2_of_the_U.S._Constitution
gptkbp:textBegins The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof...
gptkbp:topic direct election of U.S. Senators
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:U.S._Constitution_(Sixteenth_Amendment)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7