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.
... and was thus
enabled to support himself. Later he was admitted
to the Augustinian convent of Mount Saint Agnes
near Zwolle where his brother John had been before
him ...