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No, the senate was intended to represent the concerns of each state government to the federal government, so its members were elected by state legislatures. It
by filoeleven 4y ago
No, the senate was intended to represent the concerns of each state government to the federal government, so its members were elected by state legislatures. It was changed in 1913 so that senators became directly elected by popular vote. It is certainly not what the founders intended.