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THE IMPEACHMENT
The Senate reached a vote on one of the Impeachment articles on May 16.
By a resolution offered the same day it was decided that a vote should be taken on the
eleventh article first. The vote was formally taken, and resulted in the acquittal of the
President on that charge by a vote of 19 nays to 35 yeas. Seven Republican Senators, viz:
Fessenden, Fowler, Henderson, Ross, Trumbull, Van Winkle, and Willey voted with the
Democrats for acquittal. The excitement in the Senate and throughout the capital was very
great. Our illustrations on page 340 are of scenes enacted in the city and Capitol during
the closing hours of Impeachment.Articles
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