Each state of the United States selects two senators to represent their states in the United States Senate. In 1913, the 17th Amendment[?] to the United States Constitution provided for the direct popular election of senators; prior to this, senators were selected by state legislatures.
... alcohol publicly, a brave act in the period of Prohibition. Some even threw "petting parties" where sex was the main attraction. In short, they acted as if they might die ...