000758932 000__ 03582cam\a2200445Mi\4500 000758932 001__ 758932 000758932 005__ 20210515120245.0 000758932 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000758932 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000758932 008__ 140818t20152015njuabd\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000758932 020__ $$z9780691163161 000758932 020__ $$z9780691163178 000758932 020__ $$a9781400852680$$q(electronic book) 000758932 035__ $$a(CaPaEBR)ebr10988154 000758932 035__ $$a(OCoLC)896700410 000758932 040__ $$aCaPaEBR$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cCaPaEBR 000758932 043__ $$an-us--- 000758932 05014 $$aJK1965$$b.S45 2015eb 000758932 08204 $$a328.73/0734$$223 000758932 1001_ $$aSchiller, Wendy J.,$$d1964-$$eauthor. 000758932 24510 $$aElecting the senate$$h[electronic resource] :$$bindirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment /$$cWendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III. 000758932 264_1 $$aPrinceton, [New Jersery] :$$bPrinceton University Press,$$c[2015] 000758932 264_4 $$c©2015 000758932 300__ $$a1 online resource (256 pages) :$$billustrations, maps. 000758932 336__ $$atext$$2rdacontent 000758932 337__ $$acomputer$$2rdamedia 000758932 338__ $$aonline resource$$2rdacarrier 000758932 4901_ $$aPrinceton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives 000758932 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000758932 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000758932 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. 000758932 588__ $$aDescription based on print version record. 000758932 61010 $$aUnited States.$$bCongress.$$bSenate$$xElections. 000758932 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xPolitics and government. 000758932 7001_ $$aStewart, Charles Haines,$$eauthor. 000758932 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aSchiller, Wendy J.$$tElecting the senate : indirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment.$$dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, [2015]$$z9780691163161 000758932 830_0 $$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 000758932 852__ $$bebk 000758932 85640 $$3ProQuest Ebook Central Academic Complete$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/usiricelib/Doc?id=10988154$$zOnline Access 000758932 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:758932$$pGLOBAL_SET 000758932 980__ $$aEBOOK 000758932 980__ $$aBIB 000758932 982__ $$aEbook 000758932 983__ $$aOnline