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.
... to Russia. By the Treaty of Portsmouth (U.S.A.) of 1905 the southern part of the island below 50° N was ceded to Japan, the Russians retaining the other three-fifths of the ...