Amendments to the Constitution

Amendment XVII, Clause 1

The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.

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Debates in Congress

quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 7
…int e nts and purposes as part of the ~f~tse~~ution when rati.tied by the legislatures of three-fourths of the "The Senate of the United States shall be compos e d of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have on e vote.
The paragraph gives the words of the joint resolution's proposed amendment; these words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 225
…for a term of s ix years, and each Senator shall have one vote; a plurality of the votes cast for candidates for Senator sha ll elect, and the electors shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The paragraph gives the words of the substitute's proposed section on the election of Senators; its words on the qualifications of electors appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 309
The Senate of the Unitecl States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for six years ; and each Senator shall have one vote.
The speaker reads the resolution's proposed section on the election of Senators before his own proposed addition; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 336
from each State, who shall be chosen by a direct vote of the people of the several States, for six years, and the electors of each State shall have the qualifications requisite for e l ectors of the most num e rous branch of the State legislature, and each Senator shall have one vote.
The paragraph gives the words of an earlier resolution for the election of Senators; its words "each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature" (OCR breaks aside) appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 430
…six years, anu each Sena.tor s hall ham one vote; a plurality of the votes cast for candidates for Senator shall elect, and the electors shall have the qualification s requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legi s lature.
The paragraph gives the substitute's proposed section on the election of Senators; its words "requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 557
The resolution provides that the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors in the most numerous branch of the State legislature, and that wi11 remain as it is, and if the amendment proposed by the gentleman from Michigan is adopted Congress will…
The speaker gives the words of the resolution on the qualifications of electors; they appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 597
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
Asked whether the resolution would still contain "this language", the paragraph gives the resolution's words on the qualifications of electors; they appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 699
8 nullifies his argument, because that language is to the effect that the qualifications of electors of Senators shall be those requisite for the "electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures."
The speaker quotes the resolution's words on the qualifications of electors; they appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 956
The electors in each State shall have the qulllifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The speaker reads the resolution's words on the qualifications of electors; its words "requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 1022
He complained that while much has been said here of the direct vote of the people, yet when we framed the terms of the resolution we provided only that "the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof." Had he remembered because he has undoubtedly read-the second section of .Article I of the Constitution, he would have remembered that it is in this language :
The speaker quotes the terms of the resolution, "the Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof", which appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 1150
…each State, who shall be elected by a direct vote of the people thereof for a term of six years, nn<1 each Senator shall have elect, uud the electors shnll have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State le <>1sl:i.ture.
The paragraph gives the substitute's proposed section on the election of Senators; its words "have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 5
" ' The Senate of tl1e United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph gives the first paragraph of the amendment proposed by the joint resolution as amended by the Senate; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 74
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for six years, and each Senator shall have one vote. '!'he electors in each State shall have the q.ualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The speaker gives the clause as the joint resolution would make it read; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 228
the United States shall be composed of two Senato.rs g e W O e from each State, elected by the -people thereof, for six years ; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of tru;, ~~te~;:~a~~~.
The paragraph gives the amendment proposed by the joint resolution as introduced; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 235
…words " Elected by the people thereof " for and in lieu of the words " chosen by the legislature thereof," and by adding the .additional words, as follows : "The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerou.s branch of the State legislature," being the same provision as paragraph 1 of section 2 of Article I, relating to election of Members of the House of Representatives.
The speaker quotes the words the resolution would add on the qualifications of electors; its words "The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 500
'l'he Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years ; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qur.lifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The paragraph gives the amendment proposed by the resolution as it passed the House; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, May 13, 1912 (3), ¶ 74
Is not this clause in the amendment: The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors in the most numerous branch of . the legislature"?
The speaker quotes "this clause in the amendment" proposed by the joint resolution; its words "The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, May 13, 1912 (3), ¶ 136
The Senate of 'the United States shall 'be composed of two . senators from each State, , elected f by the people thereof, .for six years, and ea.c:h , senator .shall ihave one :vote .
The speaker reads the amendment as it now stands (the Bristow amendment); its words, OCR marks aside, appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
House, May 13, 1912 (3), ¶ 148
The e lec t ors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. I Who, then , shall determine under the State constitution and ' the State regulation as to election of United States Senator whether a man is qualified and legally entitled…
The speaker quotes what "The amendment says"; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
cited bySuggested
House, May 21, 1919, ¶ 174
And when 123 years later the seventeenth amendment was adopted, which provided for the election bf United States Senators by direct vote of the people, this same provision ·was carried which prescribed that the electors should have the same qualifications as those required for electing the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The speaker names "the seventeenth amendment" and its provision that electors of Senators have the qualifications of electors of "the most numerous branch of the State legislatures", its first section.
cited bySuggested
House, February 12, 1932, ¶ 241
By the seventeenth amendment the Senators are now elected in November .
The paragraph names the seventeenth amendment by number as the provision under which Senators are elected by the people at the November election.
cited bySuggested
House, February 6, 1947 (2), ¶ 116
When the people were given the right of voting directly for the Members of the Senate, such action brought more securely within the grip of the people, an additional opportunity to govern themselves.
In a list of amendments to the Constitution, the paragraph names the direct election of Senators by the people, which is the Seventeenth Amendment.
cited bySuggested
House, February 6, 1947 (2), ¶ 468
The democratic processes have been enlarged, :first, by the adoption of the amendment to elect Senators direct instead of through the legislatures.
The paragraph names the amendment for the direct election of Senators, which is the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, June 12, 1911, ¶ 146
ed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six: years.
The speaker reads what "This joint resolution says"; its words "of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, June 12, 1911, ¶ 277
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The speaker reads what "This joint resolution provides"; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, June 12, 1911, ¶ 536
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for six years, and each Senator shall have one vote.
The speaker reads his original resolution's wording for section 3; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 15, 1911, ¶ 11
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State. elected by the people thereof, for six years ; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The paragraph gives the first paragraph of the amendment proposed by the joint resolution, read to the Senate; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 15, 1911, ¶ 20
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed or' two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years • and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shal! have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch ot the State legislatures.
The paragraph gives the first paragraph of the committee's proposed amendment; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment (OCR "or'", "shal!", "ot").
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 10
u The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years ;- and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branches of the State legislature.
The minority report, printed in the Record, gives the first paragraph of the amendment proposed by the joint resolution; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 38
"'The Senate of the United States shall be eomposed of twe !Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six year11; and each Senator shnll have one vote.
The minority report, printed in the Record, gives the first paragraph of the amendment in the resolution it recommends; its words "Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six" appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 23, 1911, ¶ 14
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the St:ite legislature.
The speaker gives the words of his substitute on the qualifications of electors; they appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, May 23, 1911, ¶ 41
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected b7 the people thereof.
The speaker quotes the first part of the substitute; its words appear in Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment (OCR "b7" for "by").
cited bySuggested
Senate, June 3, 1919 (2), ¶ 180
When the Constitution prescribes the terms and the qualifications of the electorate for Members of the House of Representatives and of the electors for President and now for Senators of the United States, and thereafter is silent, unquestionably the power of the Federal Congress, in reference to the electorate, is exhausted, except when it is revitalized or vitalized anew by an amendment…
The speaker names what the Constitution now prescribes as the qualifications of the electorate for Senators, the first section of the Seventeenth Amendment.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 6, 1932 (2), ¶ 13
Since the adoption of the seventeenth amendment to the Constitution, however, Senators have been elected by the people at the same election at which Members of the House are elected.
The paragraph names the seventeenth amendment by number as the provision under which Senators are elected by the people.
cited bySuggested
Senate, March 7, 1947, ¶ 226
One is the amendment providing for the direct election of Senators, so that those who sit in this body must hold .
The paragraph names the amendment providing for the direct election of Senators, which is the Seventeenth Amendment.
cited bySuggested
Senate, February 2, 1960 (2), ¶ 32
That amendment in its first paragraph pro- . vides:
The paragraph cites the first paragraph of the 17th amendment and introduces its text, quoted in the next paragraph.
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Senate, February 2, 1960 (2), ¶ 33
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for 6 _ years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment, introduced in the preceding paragraph as its first paragraph.
cited bySuggested
Senate, February 2, 1960 (3), ¶ 108
The 17th amendment . to the Constitution provides for their election directly by the people ot the States.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision for the election of Senators by the people, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, February 2, 1960 (3), ¶ 109
And the 17th amendment says qualifications of voters 1n senatorial elections shall be fixed by the States in precisely the same manner aa provided for House elections.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision on the qualifications of voters for Senators, in its first section.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, February 2, 1960 (3), ¶ 177
12, clause 1: "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures."
The printed opinion quotes, under the label "Amendment No. 12, clause 1", the first section of the Seventeenth Amendment in quotation marks.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 31
Article I, section 2, and the 17th amendment.
Answering a question on the language giving the States the power to prescribe the qualifications of voters, the paragraph cites the 17th amendment by number, whose first section repeats that language.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 32
If these amendments repealed the original power of article I, it was reinstated when the 17th amendment was adopted as to Senators.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number for the qualifications of electors of Senators, set by its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 34
So there can be no collision between the 15th amendment and the 14th amendment and the qualification in the original Constitution, because the last word on the subject was in the 17th amendment, wherein the identical language was approved by the States subsequent to the adoption of the 14th and 15th amendments.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number for its language on the qualifications of electors, in its first section.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 37
lt states that the "electors in each State shall have the qualifications of the electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures." But the amendment does not say anything about Congress determining the "times, place and manner of holding elections."
The paragraph quotes, as language of the 17th amendment, words of its first section on the qualifications of electors; this run of words is the section's own.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 76
The 17th amendment, relating to the election of Senators, was recently referred to by the distinguished senior Senator from Georgia [Mr. RussELLJ. It reads:
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and introduces its first section, quoted in the next paragraphs.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 77
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected · by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall ha v e one vote.
The paragraph quotes the first sentence of the Seventeenth Amendment, introduced in the preceding paragraph.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 79
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the m.ost numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes the last sentence of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment, which the speaker is reading.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 211
The significance of these limitations is reinforced by the adoption as late as 1912 of the 17th amendment. It provided for popular election of Senators in langua g e identical to that of article I, section 2. This amendment says:
The paragraph cites the 17th amendment by number and introduces the words of its first section, quoted in the next paragraph.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 212
The electors in each State shall have the qu a lifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes the closing words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment, introduced in the preceding paragraph; this run of words is the section's own.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 215
This is because the 17th amendment expressly provides that the electors for Senator "shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures," but the amendment is silent as to the power of Congress to regulate the "time" and "manner" of holding elections.
The paragraph quotes, in quotation marks, words of the 17th amendment on the qualifications of electors for Senator, from its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 341
In 1912-13 congress proposed and three-fourths of the States ratified the 17th amendment providing for the popular election of Senators.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision for the popular election of Senators and the qualifications of their electors, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 344
.It is impossible because article I, section :2, and the 1'7th amendment say that these two , groups of electors shall be the same.
The paragraph cites the 17th amendment by number ("1'7th" in the OCR) for the electors of Senators, set by its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 28, 1960 (4), ¶ 345
…of the House of Representatives; second, the power of the States under article .II, section 1, to determine the manner of appointing electors for President and Vice President; and third, the constitutional definition in the 17th amendment of the qualifications of · electors for Senators.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number for the qualifications of electors for Senators, set by its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 13
The first paragraph of the 17th amendment states:
The paragraph cites the first paragraph of the 17th amendment by number and introduces its words, quoted in the next paragraph.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 14
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment, introduced in the preceding paragraph as its first paragraph.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 16
It appears where the Senator has stated, in section 2' of article I; and in the 17th amendment, providing for the popular election of Senators, the identical language appears again.
The quoted remarks name the 17th amendment by number for its language on the qualifications of electors, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 17
That, of course, cannot be true since the 17th amendment, which was ratified some years after the 15th amendment, repeated the earlier language of the Founding Fathers in article I and is the latest expressed of the will of the people 1n the writing of their Constitution.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number for its repetition of the language of article I on the qualifications of electors, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 65
During the debates in Congress on the 17th amendment, providing · for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people, rather than being selected by the State legislatures, the .
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision for the direct election of Senators, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 162
Of course, it may be pointed out here with respect to the election of Senators that the 17th amendment made no change in the fundamental concept of the independence of the States or the right of the States to determine the qualifications of the voters.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number on the qualifications of voters for Senators, set by its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 175
…by another member of the Convention, indeed tried to do that, and the effort was defeated, and then, as the Senator from Alabama has so cogently remarked 125 years later, when the people of the country were providing f . or the popular election of U.S. Senators, they decreed again that the qualifications of the electors who should choose the Senators should be the same as those of the electors of the most numerous branch of the respective State legislatures.
The paragraph names the amendment for the popular election of Senators and its provision on the qualifications of their electors, which is Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 240
We also recall that when we provided in the 17th amendment, which was adopted in 1913, for the direct election of Senators, rather than their election by the State legislatures, there was written into the 17th amendment the same provision, name,ly, that the qualifications for electors for U.S.
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision on the qualifications of electors for Senators, in its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 448
They provided, in the 17th amendment, as follows:
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and introduces its first section, quoted in the next paragraphs.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 449
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
The paragraph quotes the first sentence of the Seventeenth Amendment, introduced in the preceding paragraph.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 451
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes the last sentence of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment, which the speaker is reading.
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Senate, January 29, 1960 (3), ¶ 452
…and reaffirmed the wisdom o - f the Founding Fathers and of the original States in providing that the qualifications of the electors for Members of the Congress should be the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph repeats the words of the Seventeenth Amendment just read on the qualifications of electors, from its first section.
cited bySuggested
Senate, January 29, 1960 (4), ¶ 46
Article I, section 2 of the Federal Constitution in its provision for the election of the House of Representatives and the 17th amendment in its provision for the election of Senators provide that officials shall be chosen "by the people." Each provision goes on to state that the "electors in each State shall have the • I qualifications requisite for electors…
The paragraph names the 17th amendment by number and its provision for the election of Senators by the people, in its first section.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 14, 1962, ¶ 99
The electors in each State shall have the qu a lifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 15, 1962 (3), ¶ 353
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 15, 1962 (3), ¶ 355
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 15, 1962 (3), ¶ 356
…they ratified and reaffirmed the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and of the original States in providing that the qualifications of the electors for Members of the Congress should be the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 16, 1962, ¶ 285
The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 16, 1962, ¶ 289
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; · and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the .State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 16, 1962, ¶ 303
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legisSimilarly, amendment 17 adopts the same method of setting qualifications for voters in the popular election of Senators.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 16, 1962, ¶ 303
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legisSimilarly, amendment 17 adopts the same method of setting qualifications for voters in the popular election of Senators.
The paragraph cites amendment 17 by number for the qualifications of voters for Senators, set by its first section.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 20, 1962 (3), ¶ 33
…article I of the Constitution declare, in about as simple words as the English language affords, that the only people who can vote for Senators and Representatives are those who have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legisla
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 20, 1962 (5), ¶ 33
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of 'two Senators from each State-
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 20, 1962 (5), ¶ 34
1 ask Senators to listen to what the 17th amendment , provides: The Senate of the United States shall be composed .of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most .numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 20, 1962 (5), ¶ 87
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two .Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 20, 1962 (5), ¶ 109
…the House of Representatives and the 17th amendment in its provision of Senators provide that officials will be chosen "by the people." Each provision goes on to state that "the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 21, 1962 (2), ¶ 160
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 242
To construe it otherwise would not only violate the rule of ejusdem generis, but likewise completely nullify so much of article I, section 2, and section 1 of the 17th amendment, as adopt the qualifications prescribed by State law.
The paragraph cites section 1 of the 17th amendment by number.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 22
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 35
The t lectors in each State shall have the qu a lifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 56
…"The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second year by the people of the several States, and the electors in each State shall have the same qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature" (art.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
quoted bySuggested
Senate, March 22, 1962, ¶ 84
…of qualifications for suffrage, is left by the national Constitution to the several States, except as it is provided by that instrument that the electo s for representatives in Congress shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the St a te legislature, and as the 15th amendment forbids denying of citizens the right to vote on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962 (3), ¶ 33
"The 17th amendment, clause 1, is as follows: 'The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature.'
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962 (3), ¶ 110
The Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for · Electors of the most nume ro us Branch of the State LegislaIf the State of Virginia had a so-called State list, under the direct language and mandate of the Constitution, would that not be…
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962 (3), ¶ 140
"The Senate of the United States shall be composed of - two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures." The identity of the language as to qualifications shows no intention of changing one iota from the purposes of 1787.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962 (3), ¶ 178
In the State conventions held to consider adoption of the Constitution, there were no resolutions criticizing the phrase, "the Electors in each State shall have the Qualifications requisite for Electors in the most numerous Branch of the State Legislature." There were, however, evidences of dissatisfaction with the concluding language of article I, section 4, clause 1, referring to times, places,…
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 22, 1962 (3), ¶ 197
(b) Article I, section 3, clause 1, "The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote."
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 23, 1962 (4), ¶ 40
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote . The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 23, 1962 (4), ¶ 42
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 165
…population which should have the privilege of voting for candidates to a national office should be determined solely and alone on the basis of the qualifications of each separate State requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 415
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 417
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 418
…they ratified and reaffirmed the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and of the Original States in providing that the qualifications of the electors for Members of the Congress should be the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962, ¶ 537
The qualification of voters in an election for Members of Congress is set out in article I, section 2, clause 1, of the Federal Constitution which provides that the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors for the most numerous branch o!
The paragraph quotes words of Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 24, 1962 (2), ¶ 297
The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 26, 1962 (2), ¶ 216
It says, in another place, "that the electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislature." · Who would have conceived it possible to deduce, from these clauses, that the power of election was thrown into the hands of the · rich?
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.
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Senate, March 26, 1962 (2), ¶ 317
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for 6 years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures.
The paragraph quotes Section 1 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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