state legislatures elected senators under the provisions of the constitution as originally ratified.
state legislatures elected senators under the provisions of the constitution as originally ratified.
who elected senators under the provisions of the constitution as originally ratified?
state legislatures
bullet::::- u.s. senator william lorimer of illinois was able to keep his seat after the vote to oust him failed, 40-46. lorimer's right to a seat in the u.s. senate had been challenged by senator albert j. beveridge, on grounds that the illinois legislature had been bribed to elect lorimer. "the resulting storm of public outrage", a u.s. senate historian would later write, combined with newly elected senators, would lead the senate to finally approve the amendment of the u.s. constitution to provide for senators to be elected by popular vote, rather than by the state legislatures.
march 1911
the senate prior to this election was composed of 38 directly elected senators and nine non-elected senators (institutional senators, or senators for life). among the elected, 20 seats are held by the cpd (eleven christian democrats, five socialists, three ppd and one prsd) and 18 by the apc (six independents, six udi and six rn). a constitutional reform in 2005 eliminated non-elected senators starting on march 11, 2006, the day the newly elected senators were sworn in.
2005 chilean parliamentary election