[DOC] [TLE] 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election of U.S. ... [PAR] The first proposal to amend the Constitution to elect senators by popular vote was 
... Notification of the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution, May 
31, 1913 ... viewing these images please contact legislative.archives@nara.gov. [DOC] [TLE] Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia [PAR] The Seventeenth Amendment (Amendment XVII) to the United States 
Constitution established ... in 1913 upon being ratified by three-fourths (36) of the 
state legislatures. ... While the Representatives operated in a two-year direct 
election cycle, .... of State William Jennings Bryan on May 31, 1913, as part of the 
Constitution. [DOC] [TLE] The Progressive Era of Constitutional Amendment - Digital ... [PAR] Jan 1, 2015 ... The impetus for the Seventeenth Amendment; 4.2. ... ments in a short span of 
roughly 10 years: the Sixteenth Amendment, authorizing a direct ... Amendment 
would necessarily reinstate indirect senatorial elections as ... and three-quarters 
of the states may then ratify it by constitutional .... 31 LORENZ, Astrid. [DOC] [TLE] Rossum  The Seventeenth Amendment and the Death of ... [PAR] The consequences of the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment on ... 
quarter of a century following the amendment's ratification in 1913 and then 
again for the ... On May 31, 1787, very early in the Constitutional Convention, the 
delegates ..... [xii] By contrast, the people came to identify direct election of the 
Senate with... [DOC] [TLE] A Short History of a Big Mistake - The American Interest [PAR] Jun 1, 2006 ... These distinctions matter, for in truth, most of the 27 articles that follow the ... The 
17th Amendment's provision for direct election of the Senate, however, ... design 
was amended out of existence in 1913 that the Supreme Court has ... That is why 
on May 31, 1787, early in the Constitutional Convention, the... [DOC] [TLE] Article V Convention of States - West Suburban Patriots [PAR] Jan 6, 2014 ... Educational War Needed to Repeal 16th & 17th Amendments ... Published on 
Aug 31, 2015 ... 17th (direct election of senators) Amendments that were ratified 
in 1913; .... causes may sound good, the Constitution does not authorize (and 
thus ... By declaring these programs constitutional, the Supreme Court... [DOC] [TLE] Filling US Senate Vacancies: Perspectives and ... - RealClearPolitics [PAR] Mar 10, 2009 ... controversies surrounding the replacement process in two of these states ... At 
the same time, it preserved the appointment option by authorizing state 
legislatures ... the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may 
direct. ..... Between 1789 and 1913, when the 17th Amendment was ratified,. [DOC] [TLE] The Rapid Sequence of Events Forcing the Senate's Hand: A ... [PAR] Mar 30, 2009 ... A Reappraisal of the Seventeenth Amendment, 1890-1913 .... ratified twenty-four 
months later in the first year of Woodrow Wilson's presidency. ... but the Senate 
doggedly blocked these measures.7 Had the Senate been ... political issue of 
direct elections into an urgent question of national .... 31 Riker, 467. [DOC] [TLE] The Seventeenth Amendment: Direct Election of U.S. Senators [PAR] Mar 29, 2016 ... In 1913, the states ratified the Seventeenth Amendment to the ... until the people 
fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. [DOC] [TLE] Perspectives and Contemporary Developments - Foreign Press ... [PAR] Feb 13, 2013 ... Connecticut and Oklahoma, the governor may make a temporary ... Support 
Grows for Direct Election of U.S. Senators . .... Between 1789 and 1913, when the 
17th Amendment was ratified, ..... Senate.26 The primary grounds for these 
contested appointments appear to have ..... ratified on May 31, 1913.48. [DOC] [TLE] Seventeenth Amendment - USA The Republic [PAR] "This has been a tough election and I'm happy it's over. And we finally ... The 
Secretary of State made the announcement on May 31, 1913. He declared the 
Amendment ratified by the legislatures of thirty-six of the forty-eight (sic) .... These 
people now go willy-nilly passing legislation in direct contradiction to

Question: May 31, 1913:The 17th Amendment is ratified, authorizing the direct election of these
Answer: senators