Amendment XVII, Clause 2

Debates in Congress

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  House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 9

  "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Pro v iderl, That the le gis lature of any State may empower the executive th e r eof to make temporary appointments until the people fill tb e…

  The paragraph gives the words of the joint resolution's proposed amendment on vacancies; these words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 336

  \\Th e n vacancies occur in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the executive authority thereof shall make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may direct.

  The paragraph gives the words of an earlier resolution for the election of Senators; its words on vacancies appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 700

  more than that, lines 15, 16, and 17 indicate that that is the meaning of this whole amendment, when the language reads, with respect to the filling of vacancies, that the legislature of nny State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments "until the people fill the -vacancy by election." Words could hardly be plainer, and I am opposed to the substitute, and pass from its discussion to another point that has been raised, namely, to the question whether or…

  The speaker gives the resolution's words on filling vacancies; its words "State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the" appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 962

  When " vacancies " happenin the representation of any State in the Senate the executive authority of such States shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

  The speaker reads the resolution's words on vacancies; its words "the representation of any State in the Senate the executive authority of such" appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment, as do the rest apart from OCR ("happenin") and "States".

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  House, April 13, 1911, ¶ 1010

  When vacancies happen in the representation of any State fn the Scnn.tC', the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies-

  The speaker gives the resolution's words on vacancies, which the other side criticized; its words "the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies" appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 6

  " ' When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. ·

  The paragraph gives the proposed amendment's paragraph on vacancies; its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 229

  …State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of electlon to fill such vacancies: Pro1Jidea, That the legislature of any State may empower the executtve thereof to make temporary .appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may direct.

  The paragraph gives the proposed amendment's paragraph on vacancies; its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  House, June 21, 1911, ¶ 502

  When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may direct.

  The paragraph gives the proposed amendment's paragraph on vacancies; its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 15, 1911, ¶ 12

  · " When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of elecfor tion to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments n;itil the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may " This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution."

  The paragraph gives the proposed amendment's paragraph on vacancies (OCR inserts a stray "for" and drops "direct"); its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 15, 1911, ¶ 21

  "'When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority or such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments U!lti1 the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

  The paragraph gives the committee's proposed paragraph on vacancies; its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 12

  "When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election, as the legislature may direct. " This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the r ·-.tio n.

  The minority report, printed in the Record, gives the proposed amendment's paragraph on vacancies; its words appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 22, 1911, ¶ 39

  …the executive authority of sucb State shall u sue 1'frits ef election to fill such vacancies: Prodded, That the leirisl atur e of any State ma~ empower the executive tbe_reof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legil1h1ture may direct.

  The minority report, printed in the Record, gives the paragraph on vacancies of the amendment it recommends (heavy OCR errors); its words "to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the" appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 23, 1911, ¶ 19

  When vacancies happen in the repre s entation of any State ill the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall . issue writs of election to fill such vacancies.

  The speaker gives the words of his substitute on vacancies; its words "the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies" appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, May 23, 1911, ¶ 22

  The legislature of any State ma:y- empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

  The speaker gives the words of his substitute on temporary appointments; they appear in Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.

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  Senate, January 27, 1960, ¶ 35

  Under the Constitution, as amended by the 17th amendment, the chief executives of the several States are authorized to fill vacancies in the Senate temporarily by appoint- ment pending an election.

  The paragraph cites the 17th amendment by number for the temporary appointment of Senators to fill vacancies, which is its Section 2.

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  Senate, March 26, 1962 (2), ¶ 317

  When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.

  The paragraph quotes Section 2 of the Seventeenth Amendment.