The exact motion or nomination the chamber put to a vote.
Recorded vote
TO PASS A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SPEAKER TO APPOINT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE AND DIRECT SAID COMMITTEE TO TAKE CHARGE OF THE IMPEACHMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TESTIMONY TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE …
The official yea, nay, present, and not-voting totals.
Every member's recorded position linked directly to their file.
- This vote predates the chambers' digital roll-call records (Senate begins 1989, House 1990). It is reproduced from the official Journals of Congress as compiled by Voteview (UCLA).
How the vote fell · we worked out this outcome from the vote counts (see sources)
How each state's members voted
In 7 states every member on the roll voted yes; in 2 every one voted no; 13 were split. Each square is a state, placed roughly where it sits on the map. Select a state to see how each of its members voted.
- All yes
- All no
- Split
- No yes or no vote
- Alaska: no member on this roll call
- Maine: 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Vermont: 3 yes, 0 no
- New Hampshire: 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Washington: no member on this roll call
- Idaho: no member on this roll call
- Montana: no member on this roll call
- North Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Minnesota: 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Illinois: 4 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wisconsin: 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Michigan: 4 yes, 2 no
- New York: 16 yes, 3 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Rhode Island: 2 yes, 0 no
- Massachusetts: 4 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Oregon: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Nevada: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Wyoming: no member on this roll call
- South Dakota: no member on this roll call
- Iowa: 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Indiana: 5 yes, 5 no
- Ohio: 11 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Pennsylvania: 10 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- New Jersey: 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Connecticut: 3 yes, 1 no
- California: no member on this roll call
- Utah: no member on this roll call
- Colorado: no member on this roll call
- Nebraska: 1 yes, 0 no
- Missouri: 2 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Kentucky: 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- West Virginia: 2 yes, 1 no
- Virginia: no member on this roll call
- Maryland: 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Delaware: 1 yes, 0 no
- Arizona: no member on this roll call
- New Mexico: no member on this roll call
- Kansas: 0 yes, 1 no
- Arkansas: no member on this roll call
- Tennessee: no member on this roll call
- North Carolina: no member on this roll call
- South Carolina: no member on this roll call
- District of Columbia: no member on this roll call
- Oklahoma: no member on this roll call
- Louisiana: no member on this roll call
- Mississippi: no member on this roll call
- Alabama: no member on this roll call
- Georgia: no member on this roll call
- Hawaii: no member on this roll call
- Texas: no member on this roll call
- Florida: no member on this roll call
Numbers are yes–no. Members who did not vote, voted present, or were paired are counted in each state's list below.
Connecticut 3 yes, 1 no
Delaware 1 yes, 0 no
Iowa 4 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Asahel Wheeler Hubbard (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Grenville Mellen Dodge (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Hiram Price (Republican) — YEA
- James Falconer Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- William Boyd Allison (Republican) — YEA
- William Loughridge (Republican) — YEA
Illinois 4 yes, 8 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Abner Clark Harding (Republican) — NAY
- Albert George Burr (Democrat) — NAY
- Burton Chauncey Cook (Republican) — NAY
- Ebon Clark Ingersoll (Republican) — YEA
- Green Berry Raum (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Pelham Holmes Bromwell (Republican) — NAY
- Jehu Baker (Republican) — YEA
- John Alexander Logan (Republican) — NAY
- John Franklin Farnsworth (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Lewis Winans Ross (Democrat) — NAY
- Norman Buel Judd (Republican) — NAY
- Samuel Scott Marshall (Democrat) — YEA
- Shelby Moore Cullom (Republican) — NAY
Indiana 5 yes, 5 no
- George Washington Julian (Republican) — NAY
- Godlove Stein Orth (Republican) — NAY
- Henry Dana Washburn (Republican) — YEA
- John Coburn (Republican) — NAY
- John Peter Cleaver Shanks (Republican) — YEA
- Michael Crawford Kerr (Democrat) — NAY
- Morton Craig Hunter (Republican) — YEA
- William Ellis Niblack (Democrat) — YEA
- William Steele Holman (Democrat) — YEA
- William Williams (Republican) — NAY
Kansas 0 yes, 1 no
Kentucky 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- George Madison Adams (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
Massachusetts 4 yes, 1 no, 5 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Butler (Republican) — NAY
- George Sewel Boutwell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Ginery Twichell (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Laurens Dawes (Republican) — YEA
- John Denison Baldwin (Republican) — YEA
- Nathaniel Prentice Banks (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Oakes Ames (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Hooper (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Dawes Eliot (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Barrett Washburn (Republican) — YEA
Maryland 3 yes, 0 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Edward Phelps (Conservative) — YEA
- Francis Thomas (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Frederick Stone (Democrat) — YEA
- Hiram McCullough (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Stevenson Archer (Democrat) — YEA
Maine 3 yes, 1 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
Michigan 4 yes, 2 no
Minnesota 1 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Ignatius Donnelly (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Windom (Republican) — YEA
Missouri 2 yes, 5 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Franklin Loan (Republican) — NAY
- Carman Adam Newcomb (Republican) — YEA
- George Washington Anderson (Republican) — YEA
- John Forbes Benjamin (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Jackson Gravely (Republican) — NAY
- Joseph Washington McClurg (Republican) — NAY
- Robert Thompson van Horn (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Estes Noell (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- William Anderson Pile (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Nebraska 1 yes, 0 no
- John Taffe (Republican) — YEA
New Hampshire 0 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Aaron Fletcher Stevens (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Benton (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Jacob Hart Ela (Republican) — NAY
New Jersey 2 yes, 1 no, 2 did not vote yes or no
- Charles Haight (Democrat) — YEA
- Charles Sitgreaves (Democrat) — YEA
- George Armstrong Halsey (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Hill (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- William Moore (Republican) — NAY
Nevada 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Delos Rodeyn Ashley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
New York 16 yes, 3 no, 11 did not vote yes or no
- Addison Henry Laflin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Burt van Horn (Republican) — YEA
- Calvin Tilden Hulburd (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Charles Henry van Wyck (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Demas Barnes (Democrat) — YEA
- Dennis McCarthy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Fernando Wood (Democrat) — YEA
- Hamilton Ward (Republican) — NAY
- Henry van Aernam (Republican) — NAY
- James Brooks (Democrat) — YEA
- James Madison Marvin (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Morgan Humphrey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Augustus Griswold (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- John Charles Churchill (Republican) — YEA
- John Fox (Democrat) — YEA
- John Henry Ketcham (Republican) — YEA
- John Morrissey (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Van Schaick Lansing Pruyn (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- John Winthrop Chanler (Democrat) — YEA
- Lewis Selye (Ind. Republican) — YEA
- Orange Ferriss (Republican) — YEA
- Stephen Taber (Democrat) — YEA
- Theodore Medad Pomeroy (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Thomas Cornell (Republican) — YEA
- Thomas Elliott Stewart (Conservative Republican) — YEA
- William Craig Fields (Republican) — YEA
- William Erigena Robinson (Democrat) — YEA
- William Henry Kelsey (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Robertson (Republican) — YEA
- William Slosson Lincoln (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Ohio 11 yes, 5 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Benjamin Eggleston (Republican) — NAY
- Cornelius Springer Hamilton (Republican) — YEA
- Ephraim Ralph Eckley (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- George Washington Morgan (Democrat) — NAY
- James Abram Garfield (Republican) — YEA
- James Mitchell Ashley (Republican) — YEA
- John Armor Bingham (Republican) — YEA
- John Thomas Wilson (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Martin Welker (Republican) — YEA
- Philadelph van Trump (Democrat) — NAY
- Ralph Pomeroy Buckland (Republican) — YEA
- Reader Wright Clarke (Republican) — YEA
- Robert Cumming Schenck (Republican) — NAY
- Rufus Paine Spalding (Republican) — YEA
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Samuel Shellabarger (Republican) — NAY
- Tobias Avery Plants (Republican) — YEA
- William Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
- William Mungen (Democrat) — YEA
Oregon 0 yes, 0 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
- Rufus Mallory (Republican) — NOT VOTING
Pennsylvania 10 yes, 10 no, 3 did not vote yes or no
- Adam John Glossbrenner (Democrat) — YEA
- Benjamin Markley Boyer (Democrat) — NOT VOTING
- Caleb Newbold Taylor (Republican) — YEA
- Charles O'Neill (Republican) — NAY
- Daniel Johnson Morrell (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- Daniel Myers van Auken (Democrat) — YEA
- Darwin Asahel Finney (Republican) — NAY
- George Funston Miller (Republican) — NAY
- George Van Eman Lawrence (Republican) — YEA
- Glenni William Scofield (Republican) — YEA
- Henry Lutz Cake (Republican) — NOT VOTING
- James Kennedy Moorhead (Republican) — YEA
- James Lawrence Getz (Democrat) — NAY
- John Covode (Republican) — NAY
- John Martin Broomall (Republican) — NAY
- Leonard Myers (Republican) — YEA
- Samuel Jackson Randall (Democrat) — YEA
- Stephen Fowler Wilson (Republican) — YEA
- Thaddeus Stevens (Republican) — NAY
- Thomas Williams (Republican) — NAY
- Ulysses Mercur (Republican) — NAY
- William Darrah Kelley (Republican) — NAY
- William Henry Koontz (Republican) — YEA
Rhode Island 2 yes, 0 no
Vermont 3 yes, 0 no
Wisconsin 3 yes, 2 no, 1 did not vote yes or no
West Virginia 2 yes, 1 no
Every vote, by name — 171 members
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