03018cam a2200361 i 4500 56710 56710 BJBSDDR 20230410121034.0 ta 140818s2015 nju b 001 0 eng 9780691163178 (paperback : acid-free paper) 18270628 DLC spa DLC Eng pcc n-us--- JK 1965 S334e 2015 328.73/0734 23 Schiller, Wendy J., 1964- Electing the Senate : indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment / Wendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III. Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2015] xiii, 236 pages ; 25 cm. Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-226) and index. "From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among constituents, state legislators, political parties, and U.S. senators during the age of indirect elections. Wendy Schiller and Charles Stewart find that even though parties controlled the partisan affiliation of the winning candidate for Senate, they had much less control over the universe of candidates who competed for votes in Senate elections and the parties did not always succeed in resolving internal conflict among their rank and file. Party politics, money, and personal ambition dominated the election process, in a system originally designed to insulate the Senate from public pressure. Electing the Senate uses an original data set of all the roll call votes cast by state legislators for U.S. senators from 1871 to 1913 and all state legislators who served during this time. Newspaper and biographical accounts uncover vivid stories of the political maneuvering, corruption, and partisanship--played out by elite political actors, from elected officials, to party machine bosses, to wealthy business owners--that dominated the indirect Senate elections process. Electing the Senate raises important questions about the effectiveness of Constitutional reforms, such as the Seventeenth Amendment, that promised to produce a more responsive and accountable government. "-- Provided by publisher. United States. Congress. Senate Elections. Estados Unidos. Congreso. Elecciones United States Politics and government. Estados Unidos Política y gobierno 2202 Stewart, Charles Haines 7923 7922 Princeton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives lcc BK dvf 0 0 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2023-04-10 0 JK 1965 S334e 2015 00000121865 2018-10-24 00:00:00 1 2018-10-24 BK