Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution

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amendment to the United States Constitution constitutional amendment

The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the direct popular election of U.S. senators, replacing their selection by state legislatures.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
17th Amendment to the United States Constitution	1
U.S. Const. amend. XVII	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ constitutional amendment ⓘ
allows	state executives to make temporary appointments to the Senate ⓘ
amends	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
appliesTo	all states of the United States ⓘ
category	1913 in American law ⓘ United States constitutional amendments ⓘ surface form: Amendments to the United States Constitution Progressive Era ⓘ surface form: Progressive Era in the United States United States electoral law ⓘ
citation	Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XVII
constitutionalOrder	part of the Bill of Rights and later amendments framework ⓘ
contains	provisions on filling Senate vacancies ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dateProposed	1912-05-13 ⓘ
dateRatified	1913-04-08 ⓘ
effectiveDate	1913-04-08 ⓘ
establishes	direct popular election of United States senators ⓘ
followedBy	Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
governs	method of selecting members of the United States Senate ⓘ
historicalEra	Progressive Era ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: federal government of the United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	in force ⓘ
motivatedBy	Progressive Era democratic reforms ⓘ concerns about corruption in state legislative selection of senators ⓘ
numberInSequence	17 ⓘ
partOf	United States Constitution ⓘ
precededBy	Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
proposedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
providesFor	each senator having one vote ⓘ six-year terms for United States senators ⓘ two senators from each state elected by the people ⓘ
ratifiedBy	three-fourths of the state legislatures ⓘ
relatedTo	United States Senate elections ⓘ federalism in the United States ⓘ representation of states in the United States Senate ⓘ
replaces	selection of senators by state legislatures ⓘ
requires	election of senators by the people of each state ⓘ special elections to fill Senate vacancies ⓘ
subject	United States Senate ⓘ direct election of United States senators ⓘ popular election of senators ⓘ
textBeginsWith	"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof..." ⓘ
typeOfChange	change in method of electing senators ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

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Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → citation → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. amend. XVII

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → followedBy → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution → hasBeenModifiedBy → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States Senate elections → modifiedBy → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → precededBy → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

U.S. Senate from North Carolina → selectionMethodChange → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States Senate → selectionMethodChangedBy → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

Progressive Era → significantEvent → Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution