Assertion: state legislature | /r/CapableOf | appoint the u.s. senators
Facets:
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
value: from their respective states
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Formerly, state legislatures appointed the U.S. Senators from their respective states until the ratification of the 17th Amendment in 1913 required the direct election of Senators by the state's voters.