Originally the US Constitution stated that senators should be chosen by state legislatures. The 17th Amendment that was passed in 1913 stated that the senators should be chosen through an election within their state.
Electors
Prior to the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1913, U.S. Senators were selected by the state legislatures. The 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides for the direct election of U.S. senators by the people in each state.
Up until the 17th Amendment which was passed in 1911, United States Senators were chosen by the Legislatures of each state.
Senators in the Senate are chosen by their state. The are elected to serve a period of six years before needing to be elected again.
It is the Senate. According to Article I, Section 3 of the United States Constitution,"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature thereof,for six Years; and each Senator shall have one Vote."Each state has two Senators, regardless of the size of its population. Originally, senators were chosen by state legislatures. In 1913 the 17th amendment provided that senators would be directly elected by the people
Originally, The Constitution, provided that the Senate was chosen by the State Legislature. But, in 1913, the 17th Amendment was adopted, to which it provides that Senators shall be chosen directly by the voters of the States.
The Constitution allowed the state legislatures to determine how their states' Senators would be chosen. In the early days after the Constitution was ratified, legislatures often chose the Senators themselves. However, as people began to demand it, many legislatures gave the voters the right to choose their Senators even before the federal Constitution required them to do so.
the state legislature
They were chosen by the State Legislature instead of by a direct vote of the state's citizens.
Here's one. 1) Assuming that you are in the US: How were US senators chosen according to the original provisions of the US Constitution? They were appointed by state legislatures; they were NOT elected by the people.
US Senators are chosen by state wide elections.
The 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution calls for the direct election of senators. Before its ratification in 1913, senators were chosen by state legislatures. The amendment gives citizens the power to vote directly for their senators in elections.
Under the original Constitution, senators were to be appointed by state legislatures or governors, not elected by the people-in fact, this rule did not change until the Seventeenth Amendment (1913) established direct elections for senators.
In the 1800s, Senators were chosen by the legislatures of the various states. Article 1 Section 1 Clause 1. This was changed in 1913, by the 17th Amendment, which provided that Senators would be chosen by the people in the same way the Representatives were.
They were intially chosen by the legislature.
Electors
The Framers of the US Constitution entrusted the selection of US senators to state legislatures. Until the adoption of the 17th Amendment in 1913, state legislatures had the power to appoint senators. The amendment changed this method and established direct election of senators by the people.