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Until 1913 and passage of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, US senators were elected by state legislatures, not directly by the people. Progressive Era reformers urged this revision in answer to the corruption of state machines under the dominance of party bosses. They also believed that direct elections would make the Senate more responsive to

Title : The Road to Mass Democracy: Original Intent and the Seventeenth Amendment
Author : C. Hoebeke
Language : en
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