the states ratified it after the election of democrat woodrow wilson in 1912 . He was the one who did it.17th was after the 16th.
During Wilson’s eight years as president, Congress passed two constitutional amendments: prohibition (18th); and women’s suffrage (19th). Wilson vetoed the Volstead Act (the 18th amendment), believing it to be unenforceable, but the law, designed to enforce Prohibition, was passed over his veto.
http://www.woodrowwilsonhouse.org/constitutional-amendments
Two other amendments were ratified while Wilson was President: income tax (16th) was ratified in February 1913; and direct election of Senators (17th) was ratified on April 8, 1913.
The splitting of the Republican Party resulted in the election of Woodrow Wilson. Shortly thereafter, the new Democrat-controlled Congress passed the Revenue Act of 1913, which was enacted with President Wilson’s signature on October 3rd, 1913 and 17th amendments and he had a democrat congress
With the Republican Party split in 1912, he led his Democratic Party to control both the White House and Congress for the first time in nearly two decades.[1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson
In his first term as President, Wilson persuaded a Democratic Congress to pass a legislative agenda that few presidents have equaled, remaining unmatched up until the New Deal in 1933.[2] This agenda included the Federal Reserve Act, Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and an income tax. Child labor was curtailed by the Keating–Owen Act of 1916, but the U.S. Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional in 1918. Wilson also had Congress pass the Adamson Act, which imposed an 8-hour workday for railroads.[3] Although considered a modern liberal visionary giant as President, Wilson was “deeply racist in his thoughts and politics” and his administration racially segregated federal employees and the Navy.[4][5]
griculture and food production through the Lever Act; took over control of the railroads;
Sure, the D's destroy the country, but the R's help them along.
62nd United States Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/62nd_United_States_Congress
The Sixty-second United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, DC from March 4, 1911 to March 4, 1913, during the third and fourth years of William H. Taft’s presidency.
Senate Majority: Republican
House Majority: Democratic
Constitutional amendments
May 13, 1912: 17th Amendment passed Congress and sent to the states for ratification. It would create a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.
February 3, 1913: 16th Amendment was ratified, authorizing the Federal government to impose and collect income taxes.
The 16th passed and ratified under Taft. GOP gave us the Income Tax.
63rd United States Congress
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/63rd_United_States_Congress
It met in Washington, D.C. from March 4, 1913 to March 4, 1915, during the first two years of Woodrow Wilson’s presidency.
Senate Majority: Democratic
House Majority: Democratic
Wilson had a Democrat majority in both House and Senate for the 63rd Congress.
Constitutional amendments:
April 8, 1913: 17th Amendment was ratified, creating a popularly elected U.S. Senate instead of the original process of appointment by state legislatures.
Democrats took away our Senate appointment.
For historical accuracy’s sake.
Dems controlled both houses of Congress up to the 66th US Congress, when both switched to Republican control - last two years of Wilson.