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Primary Sources: U.S. Constitution: 17th Amendment

Provides for Senators to be elected by direct vote (before they were chosen by state legislatures.)

Online Sources: Amendment 17

Seventeenth Amendment (Constitution Annotated)
Click on the link Seventeenth Amendment Explained for more information.
17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. Senators (US National Archives)
House Journal Entry on the Election of Stephen Douglas to the Senate (1859)
Joint Resolution of the State Legislature of Louisiana to Propose a Constitutional Amendment to Directly Elect Senators
Joint Resolution Proposing the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution
Just the Usual Crop of Senatorial Deadlocks (2/4/1911)
Resolution for the Direct Election of Senators (Library of Congress)
S.J.Res.35 - A joint resolution to repeal the seventeenth article of amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
“Puck” cartoon satirizing wealthy figures using their money and influence to take Senatorial positions in Congress, 1890. (Public Domain)

Book Sources: Amendment 17

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Election of United States senators by the people by United States. Congress
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Publication Date: 1902
Papers relating to the election of senators by direct vote of the people ... by United States. Congress
Call Number: Online - free - HathiTrust
Publication Date: 1908

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