The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States Constitution established the direct election of United States senators in each state....
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The Seventeenth Amendment may refer to the: Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of India, 1964 amendment relating to the acquisition of property...
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The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution protects the right to keep and bear arms. It was ratified on December 15, 1791,...
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The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits the United States and its states from denying the right to vote to...
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coinciding with the House elections. The ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 established the direct election...
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listing of the United States senators from New Jersey. Since the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, U.S. senators...
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elected by the state legislature prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 (which mandated the direct...
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the Utah State Legislature's rejection of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution when it was passed in 1913. Its current senators...
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chronological listing of the United States senators from Massachusetts. According to the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution adopted in 1913...
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of the term would remain only upon a U.S. senator's death or resignation. From 1914 and the enforcement of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States...
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elections remained despite the General Assembly not taking action to ratify the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution that was passed in 1913...
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both classes. Until the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, senators were elected by the Indiana General Assembly;...
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first and third classes. Before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, which allowed for direct election of...
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Direct election (section United States)
electing senators in 1914—after the passage and ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The president of France has been...
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established by the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, gave voters rather than state legislatures the right to elect senators. White...
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate...
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Native Americans in the United States have had a unique history in their ability to vote and participate in United States elections and politics. Native...
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the 28th president of the United States on March 4, 1913 The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution takes effect, April 8, 1913 The United...
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Reconstruction ended before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This election marked the first time since Reconstruction...
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Thomas J. Walsh (category Candidates in the 1924 United States presidential election)
popular vote, in keeping with the requirements of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Walsh had a national reputation as a liberal...
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in Tennessee, following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. 1918 United States Senate elections 1918 Tennessee...
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The first election under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was a late election held on June 15, 1913. The election was late...
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to Delaware having both of its Senate seats vacant for a time and was one of the factors that led to election reform and the Seventeenth Amendment to...
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the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913. A senate term is six years with no term limit. Every two years a third of the seats...
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as the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution would make all subsequent U.S. Senate elections conducted by a popular vote. The elections...
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constitutional amendment. Article VII establishes the procedure subsequently used by the 13 states to ratify it. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest...
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Constitution of the United States. "Seventeenth Amendment". Constitution of the United States. Amar, Vik D. (January 1, 1988). "The Senate and the Constitution"...
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A convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, also referred to as an Article V Convention, state convention, or amendatory convention...
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Clem S. Clarke (category United States Navy officers)
the first member of the Louisiana Republican Party to run for the United States Senate since implementation in 1914 of the Seventeenth Amendment to the...
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Edwin L. Mechem (category Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico)
Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. During his tenure, he was one of five non-Southern Republicans in the Senate to vote against the Civil...
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