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.
... were scattered along the Rhine from
Switzerland to Strasburg and Cologne and in the
Netherlands. He was a follower of Geert Groote
and Florentius Radewijns, the founders ...