Electing the senate : indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment /
"From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the S...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives
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Central Lakes College
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328.73/0734 |
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Minnesota State University, Mankato
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JK1965 .S45 2015 |
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University of Minnesota
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JK1965 .S45 2015 |
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