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That amendment to the U. S. Constitution (the 17th) was ratified by 40 of the 48 states of 1912, when it was approved by Congress. The state that ratified it most recently was Maryland, which did so in April 2012. The following states did not ratify it:
- Utah (explicitly rejected the amendment)
- Florida
- Georgia
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Virginia
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Direct election of senators to Congress occured because of?
Direct election of senators to Congress occurred because of the 17th constitutional amendment.
Who did the progressive support?
Direct election of senators
Which one of these did progressives support?
Secret ballots
Did Taft oppose direct election of senators?
NO
What does the seventeenth amendment permit?
The direct election of senators.
The direct election of senators was established with the?
amendment to 17th amendment
Which amendment provided for the direct election or senators?
Seventeenth amendment
What does the 17th amendment have to do with the election?
direct vote for senators by the voters
What amendment gives voters rather than state legislators the right to elect senators?
It is stipulated in the body of the Constitution, Article I, Sec. 3, clause 1; it is not an Amendment. Originally, it was the State Legislatures that chose Senators, now it is the people of the State, by direct vote.
What group of Americans demanded that senators be chose by a direct vote?
the Progressives
What amendment calls for direct election to senators?
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct election of senators. Before its ratification in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. The amendment gives citizens the power to vote directly for their senators in elections.
What did the seventeenth amendment provide for the direct popular election of?
u.s. senators
