The 17th amendment
Before the 17th Amendment, members of the House of Representatives were elected directly by the people, but members of the Senate were elected by the individual states' legislatures. However, the 17th Amendment changed the election of Senators from the state legislatures to the people. As a result, senators are now directly elected by the people.
The Seventeenth Amendment now said that the people can vote for senators instead of them being elected by the state. In a democracy, it's for the rights of the people and people can now elect their own senators.
Senators. Up till then, the state legislatures elected Senators. Now the people of the states would.
17th amendment, state legislatures used to pick them but now the people do
Prior to the 17th amendment, senators were appointed by the state governor. Because of the 17th amendment, they are now elected by the citizens of the state.
No, they have been elected by the people only since 1913 due to Amendment 17, Sec. 1.
Senators used to be elected from the state legislature and now we the people vote for a new one every 6 years.
Originally before the passage of the Seventeenth Amendment the Senators of the Senate were elected by the legislatures of their respective states. After the Seventeenth amendment was passed the Senators were now elected by the Citizens of United States.
Originally, U.S. Senators were to be chosen by the legislatures of the states (Article 1, Section 3). So, senators were not elected by the people directly. However, the 18th Amendment, ratified in 1913, changed the process by which senators are to be elected. Now, senators are elected by the people of the states, not the legislatures.
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
Article 1: Section 3 and 4 deals with the election. *Edit* I know exactly what you lazy peeps are trying to pull. I'm taking the poli sci class as well looking for answers :P lol. Anyways the correct answer your looking for is 17th amendment.
The registered voters of each state elect the senators for their state. At one time, senators were elected by state legislation.