The ratification of the 17th amendment made the direct election of senators, a cause long supported by progressives and by the law of the land.
It was passed in 1912 by the Congress to provided for direct election of senators by the people of each state. The states ratified the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913 and the first popular Senate elections were held in 1914.
Therefore, the ratification of the 17th amendment made the direct election of senators, a cause long supported by progressives and by the law of the land.
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