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.
... memory in the presence
of the archbishop of Utrecht in St. Michael's Church,
Zwolle, Nov. 11, 1897.
Thomas à Kempis belonged to the school of
mystics who were ...