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Electing the senate : indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment /

"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 S...

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Main Authors: Schiller, Wendy J., 1964- (Author), Stewart, Charles Haines (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2015]
Series:Princeton studies in American politics.
Subjects:
United States. > Congress. > Senate > Elections.
United States > Politics and government.
Electronic books.
Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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