archives.gov archives.gov did away with state legislatures electing U.S. senators 17th Amendment Seventeenth Amendment 17th Amendment archives.gov archives.gov 17th Amendment the adoption of the 17th Amendment in 1913 archives.gov archives.gov 17th Amendment Seventeenth Amendment 17th Amendment took effect in 1913 17th Amendment archives.gov process seemed to work well. 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Direct Election ... the Populist Movement Seventeenth Amendment Seventeenth Amendment http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment/ http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment/ 17th Amendment http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment/ http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/17th-amendment/ 17th Amendment was ratified in 1913 Seventeenth Amendment 17th Amendment did away with state legislatures electing U.S. senators did away with state legislatures electing U.S. senators Seventeenth Amendment 17th Amendment United States Senators elected directly by the people