Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.

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Generate an image of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
constitutional amendment ⓘ
allows state executives to make temporary appointments to the Senate ⓘ
amends Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
appliesTo all states of the United States ⓘ
category 1913 in American law ⓘ
Amendments to the United States Constitution ⓘ
Progressive Era in the United States ⓘ
linked to: Progressive Era

United States electoral law ⓘ
citation U.S. Const. amend. XVII ⓘ
constitutionalOrder part of the Bill of Rights and later amendments framework ⓘ
contains provisions on filling Senate vacancies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateProposed 1912-05-13 ⓘ
dateRatified 1913-04-08 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1913-04-08 ⓘ
establishes direct popular election of United States senators ⓘ
followedBy Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
governs method of selecting members of the United States Senate ⓘ
historicalEra Progressive Era ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus in force ⓘ
motivatedBy Progressive Era democratic reforms ⓘ
concerns about corruption in state legislative selection of senators ⓘ
numberInSequence 17 ⓘ
partOf United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy United States Congress ⓘ
providesFor each senator having one vote ⓘ
six-year terms for United States senators ⓘ
two senators from each state elected by the people ⓘ
ratifiedBy three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ
relatedTo United States Senate elections ⓘ
federalism in the United States ⓘ
representation of states in the United States Senate ⓘ
replaces selection of senators by state legislatures ⓘ
requires election of senators by the people of each state ⓘ
special elections to fill Senate vacancies ⓘ
subject United States Senate ⓘ
direct election of United States senators ⓘ
popular election of senators ⓘ
textBeginsWith "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..." ⓘ
typeOfChange change in method of electing senators ⓘ

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2024 United States House of Representatives elections → constitutionalBasis → Amendment XVII of the United States Constitution (apportionment context) ⓘ
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