No, they have been elected by the people only since 1913 due to Amendment 17, Sec. 1.
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Yes people vote for senators now. It used to be that senators were apoointed by the governor of the state. A constitutional amendment changed that.
Yes- They get elected by popular vote in their respective states. Until the 17th amendment was ratified in 1913, US senators were elected by the legislatures of their states.
Yes. The 17th Amendment established the direct election of senators through the citizens of that state.
Yes, the voters in each state elect their two senators by direct popular vote.
Before the 11th amendment was ratified in 1913, the state legislatures chose the senators.
United States Senators have always been elected by popular vote. Each state votes for their own Senator. Each state has two Senators.
yes, they are elected by voters. NO - until adoption of the Seventeenth Amendment members of the Senate were "chosen by the legislature" of each respective state.
No. Senators are the elected representatives who, collectively, make up the Senate. In countries which have a Senate (such as Australia and the USA), this means the upper house of a bicameral Parliament. Senators are those people who have been elected to represent the interests of the population of the area they represent.
Prior to the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913 a Senator was elected by their home state's house of representatives. The 17th Amendment changed this process making Senators directly electable by the people.
When a senator gets elected they serve for six years in one term (a representative serves two years in their term.) They can get re-elected as many times as they want until they die or commit a felony. In my opinion, members of congress need to have term limits like the president does so corruption in the capitol would reduce. Some senators have been there for 42 years!