About Electing and Appointing Senators | Resources

• Appointed Senators (1913-present)

• Petitions From the State Legislatures for Direct Election

• Seventeenth Amendment

• Senate Election Law Guidebook (GPO - GovInfo) (PDF)

• The Term of a Senator: When Does it Begin and End? (PDF)

• U.S. Senate Vacancies: How are They Filled? (CRS) (PDF)

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