Apr
8
APRIL 8, 1913: THIS DAY IN HISTORY THE SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES WAS RATIFIED
Filed Under FREEDOM, JURY DUTY, LEARNING THE LAW
Prior to the ratification of Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, Article I Section 3 Clause 1 determined how Senators were to be elected: “The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof, for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote.”
The direct election of the Senate by the electors of the States had the effect of shifting political power in the States from State electors to federal voters.
Dr. Eduardo M. Rivera
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