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Events on Tuesday 8 April 1913 1
1913Seventeenth Amendment RatifiedUS Senators to be elected directly by votersThe Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, replacing the election of US Senators by state legislatures with direct popular election. It was a response to years of legislative deadlock, bribery scandals, and Progressive-era demands for electoral reform. The change took effect for Senate elections held from 1914 onward.