[fedupjohn]

And the Senators answered to the Governor.

[V K Lee]

Their allegiance was to their STATE rather than their personal
ambitions and agenda.

[Hootowl99]

Your right, In that pre-17th Amendment Senators could answer to the state governor. But, it was up to the legislature to decide how their Senator was selected.

Some examples that were used originally:/p>

Selected by the governor for a 6-year term
Proposed by the Governor with appointment subject to legislature approval for a 6-year term
Direct election by the people for a 6-year term (this is mandated now via the 17th Amendment)

What I like best is to have the governor send 1 or 2 candidates to the state Senate for selection by vote. This puts two branches of the state government on the hook for selecting a senator and toss the governor and legislature bums out if they screw up.