Just the Usual Crop of Senatorial Deadlocks
2/4/1911
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The Founders intended for the Senate to represent the states, therefore the Constitution directed that state legislatures would elect Senators. But when both houses of a state legislature didn’t agree on a candidate, the election deadlocked, and the Senate seat remained empty. This cartoon illustrated how common such deadlocks had become when Congress finally addressed this problem by proposing the 17th Amendment.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Senate.
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6010878Full Citation: Untitled; 2/4/1911; (G-036); Berryman Political Cartoon Collection, 1896 - 1949; Records of the U.S. Senate, Record Group 46; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/just-usual-crop-senatorial-deadlocks, May 4, 2024]