Until ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution,members of the Senate were selected by

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Before the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913, Senators were selected by the state legislatures. This meant that each state's legislature would appoint their two Senators. The Seventeenth Amendment changed this and allowed for direct election of Senators by the people of each state.

Until Ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution,members of the Senate