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Re:How old are democracies across the world? by lapetitejort on Thursday February 24, 2022 @11:27AM (#30456601)
The 17th amendment (Senators elected by the people) was ratified in 1913 and the last senators to be elected by the people took place in 1918.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_to_the_U...

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