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Who initially elected the senators?

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Anonymous

14y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

The legislatires of the states rather than the people elected the Senators under Article I, Section 3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the original Constitution. The Seventeenth Amendment changed that to provide that Senators be elected by the direct vote of the people.

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