Agriculture
-Prior to the ratification of the 17th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which body of voters directly elected U.S. Senators?
A)The state legislature in the state the senator represented
B)The U.S. Representatives from the state the senator represented
C)The citizens in the state the senator represented
D)All U.S. Representatives
E)The Electoral College

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The United States Constitution originally specified that U.S. Senators would be directly elected by the legislature in the state the senator represented. The state populace (the senator's constituents) would therefore elect their senators indirectly, since they directly elected the legislators who directly elected the senators. The 17th Amendment changed the law to provide for direct election by popular vote.

Agriculture -Prior to the Ratification of the 17th Amendment to the the United