Electing the Senate: Indirect Democracy Before the Seventeenth Amendment

by Charles Stewart III, Wendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III

Book Overview

How U.S. senators were chosen prior to the Seventeenth Amendment--and the consequences of Constitutional reform

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691163170
• ISBN13: 9780691163178
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"