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On April 8, 1913, the 17th amendment to the Constitution, providing for the popular election of U.S. senators, was ratified.

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And with it the third party to the tri-​lateral contract between the people, federal government and the States ended with the States themselves ratifying the elimination of their seats at the table. 
An amazing ceding if power. 

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