This substitute amendment by Senator Joseph L. Bristow (R-KS) to House Joint Resolution 39 was adopted by the Senate on May 15, 1911. Over a year later, the House accepted the change, and on April 8, 1913, the resolution became the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for direct election of senators. Amendment to the Joint Resolution that became the Seventeenth Amendment, HR62A-C2, 5/15/1911, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306272)
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This substitute amendment by Senator Joseph L. Bristow (R-KS) to House Joint Resolution 39 was adopted by the Senate on May 15, 1911. Over a year later, the House accepted the change, and on April 8, 1913, the resolution became the 17th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, allowing for direct election of senators.

Amendment to the Joint Resolution that became the Seventeenth Amendment, HR62A-C2, 5/15/1911, Records of the U.S. Senate (ARC 306272)

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