The framers entrusted the selection of the US senators to the state legislatures. Today they are selected through a formal vote by the citizens within the state.
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America's founding fathers also had some framers of the Constitution in their ranks. Most historians agree that the founders and framers of the US Constitution envisaged the treaty making process to be the mutual agreement between US president and the US Senate.
Senators were to be chosen by state legislatures, because many of the Framers of the US Constitution did not trust the general populace of the country to vote for the right men to be Senators. Once the decision to have two houses of Congress in the form of a Senate and House of Representatives had been made, the idea was that the Senate would be the wiser, more responsible of the two Houses. The Senate was seen in much the same way as the British House of Lords is in comparison to the British House of Commons. The Framers debated four methods of choosing the Senators: by the House of Rpresentatives; by the national executive (President); by the state legislatures; or by the general public. They settled on the state legislatures because they felt each state's Senators should be chosen by the states themselves but that the Senate was too important to be left to the general public. In fact, several framers thought the general public was not much better than a mob.
Every state has two US Senators. 40
There are 2 senators-Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson.
The political arrangement preferred by the Framers was that of a republic, rather than a pure democracy, for example. Thomas Jefferson was one of the framers of the US Constitution.
The Framers of the US Constitution entrusted the selection of US senators to state legislatures. Until the adoption of the 17th Amendment in 1913, state legislatures had the power to appoint senators. The amendment changed this method and established direct election of senators by the people.
There are 53 framers in the U.S. Constitution
The framers
One of the framers fell off of the roof! The framers of the US Constitution seem to have been quite wise.
Yes, there are 100 US Senators
The FARMERS is incorrect. It is the FRAMERS of the US Constitution. Please see:What did the Framers of the US Constitution learn from the Articles of Confederation?
2 state senators and there are 100 us senators 2 for every state
America's founding fathers also had some framers of the Constitution in their ranks. Most historians agree that the founders and framers of the US Constitution envisaged the treaty making process to be the mutual agreement between US president and the US Senate.
The founding fathers who wrote the US constitution.
There are 100 senators in the us capitol!
US senators never elect the US president. Possibly some future senators or ex-senators once served as electors.
True, there are 100 US senators because there are 2 senators for 50 states.