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.
... Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and Spanish America[?]. After the death of his other grandfather, Maximillian, in 1519, he inherited Hapsburg lands in Austria and was elected ...