What caused the 17th amendment

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Abraham Tugalov · Answer 1 · 2021-03-26T19:53:51+0000

Answer: Several state legislatures deadlocked over the election of senators, which led to Senate vacancies lasting months and even years. During the 1890s, the House of Representatives passed several resolutions proposing a constitutional amendment for the direct election of senators.

Daniel Gratzer · Answer 2 · 2021-03-31T08:26:47+0000

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he arguments for the Seventeenth Amendment sounded in the case for direct democracy, the problem of hung state legislatures, and in freeing the Senate from the influence of corrupt state legislatures.

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