62nd Congress > House > Vote 131
Sponsor: RUCKER, William Waller (D-MO)
Description: TO RECEDE AND CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT TO H. J. RES. 39 (37 STAT. 646, 5/15/1912), PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION PROVIDING THAT SENATORS BE ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE SEVERAL STATES, WHICH AMENDMENT LEAVES IN THE CONSTITUTION THE POWER PROVIDING THAT THE STATES SHALL FIX THE QUALIFICATIONS OF THE ELECTORS THAT CHOSE THE SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE STATE LEGISLATURES INSTEAD OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; IT ALSO PRESERVES THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO FILL VACANCIES BY ELECTION AS THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE MAY DIRECT. (P.6351-1)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 48-7, p. 6367; House Journal vol. 62-2, p. 676;
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