House
Resolution
proposing
the
direct
election
of
U.S.
senators,
February
14,
1826
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
House
of
Representatives
Substitute
Amendment
to
House
Joint
Resolution
39,
May
15,
1911
National
Archives
and
Records
Administration,
Records
of
the
U.S.
Senate
Cartoon
portraying
the
time
needed
to
pass
the
17th
Amendment
allowing
the
direct
election
of
U.S.
senators
By
Spencer,
for
the
Omaha
World
Herald,
1912
Reproduced
from
Robert
C.
Byrd,
The
Senate,
17891989
