Then they evidently (and voluntarily) cut THEMSELVES out of the compact by ratifying the 17th Amendment. 41 of the 48 then existing States ratified the amendment. Only one ultimately rejected it (Utah). The six States that did not ratify, may either have opposed the amendment or may simply have not bothered due to its ratification being complete.
The States VOLUNTARILY gave up that power.
Massachusetts: May 22, 1912
Arizona: June 3, 1912
Minnesota: June 10, 1912
New York: January 15, 1913
Kansas: January 17, 1913
Oregon: January 23, 1913
North Carolina: January 25, 1913
California: January 28, 1913
Michigan: January 28, 1913
Iowa: January 30, 1913
Montana: January 30, 1913
Idaho: January 31, 1913
West Virginia: February 4, 1913
Colorado: February 5, 1913
Nevada: February 6, 1913
Texas: February 7, 1913
Washington: February 7, 1913
Wyoming: February 8, 1913
Arkansas: February 11, 1913
Maine: February 11, 1913
Illinois: February 13, 1913
North Dakota: February 14, 1913
Wisconsin: February 18, 1913
Indiana: February 19, 1913
New Hampshire: February 19, 1913
Vermont: February 19, 1913
South Dakota: February 19, 1913
Oklahoma: February 24, 1913
Ohio: February 25, 1913
Missouri: March 7, 1913
New Mexico: March 13, 1913
Nebraska: March 14, 1913
New Jersey: March 17, 1913
Tennessee: April 1, 1913
Pennsylvania: April 2, 1913
Connecticut: April 8, 1913
With 36 states having ratified the Seventeenth Amendment, it was certified by Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan on May 31, 1913, as part of the Constitution. The amendment has subsequently been ratified by:
Louisiana: June 11, 1914
Alabama: April 11, 2002
Delaware: July 1, 2010 (after rejecting the amendment on March 18, 1913)
Maryland: April 1, 2012
Rhode Island: June 20, 2014
The Utah legislature rejected the amendment on February 26, 1913. No action on the amendment has been completed by Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, South Carolina, Virginia, Alaska or Hawaii. Alaska and Hawaii were not yet states at the time of the amendment’s proposal, and have never taken any official action to support or oppose the amendment since achieving statehood.
