A United States Senator represents the people of the state
that has elected him in the US Congress. At the beginning two US senators were
chosen per state by the Governor. The 17th Amendment changed this
and gave the general public the power to elect their own Senator. Although the
17th Amendment changed the way the senator’s would be elected, but
their duties towards their state members remained the same. Since the year 1913
the US public got the power to elect their own senators.
