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.
... allowed him to keep the lands he had acquired in Italy.
1524 to 6 saw the Peasants' Revolt in Germany and the formation of the Lutheran Schmalkaldic League, and ...