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050		4	_aJK1965 _b.S45 2015
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100	1		_aSchiller, Wendy J., _d1964- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aElecting the senate : _bindirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment / _cWendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III.
264		1	_aPrinceton : _bPrinceton University Press, _c[2015]
264		4	_c2015
300			_a1 online resource (256 pages) : _billustrations, maps.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aPrinceton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"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. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bCongress. _bSenate _xElections.
651		0	_aUnited States _xPolitics and government.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aStewart, Charles Haines, _eauthor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aSchiller, Wendy J. _tElecting the senate : indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment. _dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2015] _kPrinceton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives _z9780691163161 _w(DLC)10988154
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aPrinceton studies in American politics.
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