LEADER 05845nam 2201141 450 001 9910787931703321 005 20230629171854.0 010 $a0-691-16317-0 010 $a1-4008-5268-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400852680 035 $a(CKB)2670000000577253 035 $a(EBL)1771590 035 $a(OCoLC)896700410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001381172 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12454497 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001381172 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11393180 035 $a(PQKB)10505233 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886178 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11539639 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886178 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10816668 035 $a(PQKB)11224429 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001755608 035 $a(OCoLC)898005786 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse43286 035 $a(DE-B1597)459881 035 $a(OCoLC)984676871 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400852680 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1771590 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10988154 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL663803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1771590 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000577253 100 $a20140818h20152015 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aElecting the senate $eindirect democracy before the seventeenth amendment /$fWendy J. Schiller, Charles Stewart III 205 $aPilot project. eBook available to selected US libraries only 210 1$aPrinceton :$cPrinceton University Press,$d[2015] 210 4$d©2015 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 225 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics: historical, international, and comparative perspectives 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-322-32521-9 311 $a0-691-16316-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tTables --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. A Theory of Indirect Election --$tChapter 3. Candidate Emergence, Political Ambition, and Seat Value --$tChapter 4. Party as Gatekeeper: Canvass, Convention, and Caucus as Nomination Mechanisms --$tChapter 5. Political Dynamics and Senate Representation --$tChapter 6. Senate Electoral Responsiveness under Indirect and Direct Election --$tChapter 7. Myth and Reality of the Seventeenth Amendment --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $a"From 1789 to 1913, U.S. senators were not directly elected by the people--instead the Constitution mandated that they be chosen by state legislators. This radically changed in 1913, when the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, giving the public a direct vote. Electing the Senate investigates the electoral connections among constituents, state legislators, political parties, and U.S. senators during the age of indirect elections. Wendy Schiller and Charles Stewart find that even though parties controlled the partisan affiliation of the winning candidate for Senate, they had much less control over the universe of candidates who competed for votes in Senate elections and the parties did not always succeed in resolving internal conflict among their rank and file. Party politics, money, and personal ambition dominated the election process, in a system originally designed to insulate the Senate from public pressure. Electing the Senate uses an original data set of all the roll call votes cast by state legislators for U.S. senators from 1871 to 1913 and all state legislators who served during this time. Newspaper and biographical accounts uncover vivid stories of the political maneuvering, corruption, and partisanship--played out by elite political actors, from elected officials, to party machine bosses, to wealthy business owners--that dominated the indirect Senate elections process. Electing the Senate raises important questions about the effectiveness of Constitutional reforms, such as the Seventeenth Amendment, that promised to produce a more responsive and accountable government. "--$cProvided by publisher. 410 0$aPrinceton studies in American politics. 606 $3(DE-601)105637076$3(DE-588)4139210-3$aWahlsystem$2gnd 606 $aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections$2bisacsh 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government 610 $aSenate elections. 610 $aSenate representation. 610 $aSenate seat. 610 $aSeventeenth Amendment. 610 $aU.S. Constitution. 610 $aU.S. Senate. 610 $aU.S. senator. 610 $adirect election. 610 $adirect elections. 610 $aelectoral systems. 610 $afederalism. 610 $aindirect election. 610 $aindirect elections. 610 $ainstitutional representation. 610 $alegislative activity. 610 $apartisanship. 610 $aparty caucus. 610 $apolitical candidates. 610 $apolitical control. 610 $apolitical corruption. 610 $apolitical parties. 610 $apolitical party leaders. 610 $apublic vote. 610 $arepresentational behavior. 610 $asenators. 610 $astate elections. 610 $astate legislator. 610 $astate legislature. 610 $astate legislatures. 615 7$aWahlsystem 615 7$aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections. 676 $a328.73/0734 686 $aPOL008000$aPOL006000$aPOL010000$aHIS036040$2bisacsh 700 $aSchiller$b Wendy J.$f1964-$01474342 702 $aStewart$b Charles Haines 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787931703321 996 $aElecting the senate$93687977 997 $aUNINA