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Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment (Princeton Studies in American Politics)
Electing the Senate Indirect Democracy before the Seventeenth Amendment - Princeton Studies in American Politics
Author: Wendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III
From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among co...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691163178
ISBN-10: 0691163170
Publication Date: 12/21/2014
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
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