When Mr.Stevens closed the debate, many members who still desired to be heard were cut off by the previous question.
The vote on the resolution impeaching the President resulted in _ayes_ 126, _noes_ 47, not voting 17.( 3) Mr.Stevens immediately offered a resolution directing the "appointment of a committee of two members to appear at the bar of the Senate, and in the name of the House of Representatives and of the people of the United States to impeach Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, and to acquaint the Senate that the House will in due time exhibit particular Articles of Impeachment against him and make good the same, and that the committee demand that the Senate take order for the appearance of Andrew Johnson to answer to said Impeachment." Mr.Stevens further moved 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 and papers." The resolutions were adopted by a strict party vote.

The Speaker appointed Mr.Stevens and Mr.Bingham the committee to notify the Senate of the impeachment of the President, and further appointed Mr.Boutwell, Mr.Stevens, Mr.Bingham, Mr.J.F.Wilson, Mr.Logan, Mr.Julian, and Mr.Hamilton Ward of New York, the committee to prepare Articles of Impeachment against the President.
Five days afterwards, on the 29th of February, Mr.Boutwell, chairman of the committee appointed to prepare Articles of Impeachment against the President, made his report.

The Articles were debated with even greater manifestation of feeling than had appeared in the discussion on the resolution of Impeachment.

They were adopted March 2d, by a party vote.

The House then proceeded to elect managers of the Impeachment by ballot, and the following gentlemen were chosen (their names being given in the order of the number of votes which each received): John A.Bingham, George S.Boutwell, James F.Wilson, Benjamin F.Butler, Thomas Williams, John A.Logan, and Thaddeus Stevens.