This of course gave no certain indication of the vote of senators; though the general belief was that the Impeachment would fail.

The transfer of the entire House to the floor of the Senate, the galleries crowded with citizens from all parts of the Republic, the presence of all the foreign ministers in the Diplomatic Gallery eagerly watching the possible and peaceful deposition of a sovereign ruler, the large attendance of the representatives of the press,--all attested the profound impression which the trial had made and the intense anxiety with which its conclusion was awaited.
By an order of the Senate the first vote was taken on the last Article, which was a summary of many of the charges set forth at greater length in some of the preceding Articles of Impeachment.

Upon the call of his name each senator was required to rise and answer "Guilty" or "Not guilty." The roll was called in breathless silence, with hundreds of tally-papers in the hands of eager observers on the floor and in the gallery, carefully noting each response as given.

The result, announced at once by the Chief Justice, showed that _thirty-five_ senators had declared the President "_guilty_" and _nineteen_ had declared him "_not guilty_."(5) As conviction required two-thirds the Impeachment on the Eleventh Article had failed.

A debate then arose on a proposition to rescind the resolution in regard to the order in which the vote should be taken upon the other Articles of Impeachment, but without reaching a conclusion, the Senate as a Court of Impeachment adjourned, on motion of Mr.Cameron of Pennsylvania, until Tuesday the 26th day of May.
During the intervening period of fifteen days the air was filled with rumors that the result would be different when the Senate should come to vote on the remaining Articles.