CONGRESS, UNITED STATES. 



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but is to endure in its consequences until this 

 whole continent shall be filled with a free and 

 untrammelled people, or shall be a nest of 

 shrinking, cowardly slaves." 



The Speaker : " If there be no objection, the 

 Clerk will read the resolution upon which the 

 House is about to vote." 



There being no objection, the Clerk read, as 

 follows : 



Resolution providing for tlie impeoichment of Andrew 



Johnson .President of the United States. 

 Resolved, That Andrew Johnson, President of the 

 United States, be impeached of high crimes and mis- 

 demeanors in office. 



The question was taken ; and it was decided, 

 as follows : 



YEAS Messrs. Allison, Ames. Anderson, Arnell, 

 Delos E. Ashley, James M. Ashley, Bailey ; Baker, 

 Baldwin, Banks, Beaman, Beatty, Benton, Bingham, 

 Elaine, Blair, Boutwell, Bromwell, Broomall, Buck- 

 land, Butler, Cake, Churchill, Eeader W. Clarke, Sid- 

 ney Clarke, Cobb, Coburn, Cook, Cornell, Covode, 

 Cullom, Dawes, Dodge, Driggs, Eckley, Eggleston, 

 Eliot, Farnsworth, Ferriss, Ferry. Fields, Gravely, 

 Griswold, Halsey, Harding, Higby, Hill, Hooper, 

 Hopkins, Asahel W. Hubbard, Chester D. Hubbard, 

 Hulburd, Hunter, Ingersoll, Jenckes, Judd, Julian, 

 Kelley, Kelsey, Ketcham, Kitchen, Laflin, George 

 V. Lawrence. William Lawrence, Lincoln, Loan, 

 Logan, Loughridge, Lynch, Mallory, Marvin, Mc- 

 Carthy, McClurg, Mercur, Miller, Moore, Moor- 

 head, Morrell, Mullins, Myers, Newcomb. Nunn, 

 O'Neill, Orth, Paine, Perham, Peters, Pike, Pile, 

 Plants, Poland, Polsley, Price, Eaum, Eobertson, 

 Sawyer, Schenck, Scofleld, Selye, Shanks, Smith, 

 Spalding, Starkweather, Aaron F. Stevens, Thad- 

 deus Stevens, Stokes, Taffe, Taylor, Trowbridge, 

 TwichelLUpson, Van Aernam, Burt Van Horn, Van 

 Wyck, Ward, Cadwalader C. Washburn, Elihu B. 

 Washburne, William B. Washburn, Welker, Thomas 

 Williams, James F. Wilson, John T. Wilson, Ste- 

 phen F. Wilson, Windom, Woodbridge, and the 

 Speaker 126. 



NAYS Messrs. Adams, Archer, Axtell, Barnes, 

 Barnum, Beck, Boyer, Brooks, Burr, Gary, Chanler, 

 Eldridge, Fox, Getz, Glossbrenner, Golladay, Grover, 

 Haight, Holman, Hotchkiss, Bichard D. Hubbard, 

 Humphrey, Johnson, Jones, Kerr, Knott, Marshall, 

 McCormick, McCullough, Morgan, Morrissey, Mun- 

 gen, Niblack, Nicholson, Phelps, Pruyn, Eandall, 

 Boss, Sitgreaves, Stewart, Stone, Taber, Lawrence S. 

 Trimble, Van Auken, Van Trump, Wood, and 

 Woodward 47. 



NOT VOTING Messrs. Benjamin, Dix on, Donnelly, 

 Ela, Finney, Garfield, Hawkins, Koontz, Maynard, 

 Pomeroy, Eobinson, Shellabarger, Thomas, John 

 Trimble, Eobert T. Van Horn, Henry D. Washburn, 

 and William Williams 17. 



The Speaker said: "The occupant of the 

 Chair cannot consent that his constituents 

 should be silent on so grave a question, and 

 therefore, as a member of this House, he votes 

 ' ay.' On agreeing to the resolution, there 

 are yeas 126, nays 47. So the resolution is 

 adopted." 



Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania: "Mr. Speaker, 

 I submit the following resolutions, on which I 

 demand the previous question: " 



Resolved, That a committee of two be appointed to 

 go to the Senate, and, at the bar thereof, in the name 

 of the House of Eepresentatives and of all the people 

 of the United States, to impeach Andrew Johnson, 

 President of the United States, of high crimes and 

 VOL. VIH. 10 A 



misdemeanors in office, and acquaint the Senate that 

 the _ House of Eepresentatives will, in due time, ex- 

 hibit particular articles of impeachment against him 

 and make good the same ; and that the committee do 

 demand that the Senate take order for the appear- 

 ance of said Andrew Johnson to answer to said im- 

 peachment. 



2. Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed 

 to prepare and report articles of impeachment against 

 Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, 

 with power to send for persons, papers, and records, 

 and to take testimony under oath. 



The resolutions were adopted, yeas 124, 

 nays 42, not voting 23. 



The Speaker announced the following com- 

 mittees under the resolutions just adopted : 



Committee to communicate to the Senate the 

 action of the House ordering an impeachment 

 of the President of the United /States: Thad- 

 deus Stevens, of Pennsylvania, and John A. 

 Bingham, of Ohio. 



Committee to declare Articles of Impeach- 

 ment against the President of the United States : 

 George S. Boutwell, of Massachusetts ; Thad- 

 deus Stevens, of Pennsylvania ; John A. Bing- 

 ham, of Ohio ; James F. Wilson, of Iowa ; John 

 A. Logan, of Illinois.; George W. Julian, of 

 Indiana ; and Hamilton Ward, of New York. 



In the Senate, on February 25th, Mr. Eepre- 

 sentative Stevens and Mr. Eepresentative Bing- 

 ham appeared below the bar, and were an- 

 nounced as the committee from the House of 

 Eepresentatives. 



Mr. Stevens said: "Mr. President" 



The President pro tempore : " The committee 

 from the House of Eepresentatives." 



Mr. Stevens: "Mr. President, in obedience 

 to the order of the House of Eepresentatives, 

 we appear before you, and. in the name of the 

 House of Eepresentatives" and of all the people 

 of the United States we do impeach Aiidrew 

 Johnson, President of the United States, of 

 high crimes and misdemeanors in office; and 

 we further inform the Senate that the House 

 of Eepresentatives will in due time exhibit 

 particular articles of impeachment against him 

 and make good the same ; and in their name 1 

 we demand that the Senate take order for the 

 appearance of the said Andrew Johnson to 

 answer said impeachment." 



The President pro tempore : " The Senate 

 will take order in the premises." 



The committee of the House thereupon 

 withdrew. 



Mr. Howard, of Michigan, said: "I move 

 the adoption of the following resolution " 



Mr. Davis, of Kentucky, said: "I believe I 

 have the floor." 



The President pro tempore: "The Senator 

 from Kentucky has the floor." 



Mr. Davis: "I simply yielded the floor to 

 allow a message to be received from the House 

 of Eepresentatives." 



Mr. Howard : "I ask the Chair whether this- 

 be not a question of privilege, to which all 

 other proceedings must give way ? " 



The President pro tempore: "There is a 

 question of order raised which the Chair wili 



