Dixon, Doolittle, Morgan, Norton and Van Winkle had voted for it, but now changed their votes and thereby reversed the action of the Senate.
These senators, with the addition of Nesmith and Willey, who did not vote on the passage of the bill, gave the final count of 30 in favor of the passage to 18 against--lacking the two-thirds and therefore failing to pass the bill.

The result was wholly unlooked for and the vote of Governor Morgan of New York gave great uneasiness to his political associates.

It was for a time believed that under the persuasive influence of Mr.Seward, with whom he had long been on terms of close intimacy, Mr.Morgan might be intending to join the Administration party.

The same was thought possible with regard to Mr.
Van Winkle of West Virginia, his location suggesting the possibility of such a change.

The excitement among Republicans was great for a time, because if they should so far lose control of either branch of Congress as to be unable to override the vetoes of the President, all attempts to enforce a more radical policy of Reconstruction than Mr.
Johnson could be induced to approve would necessarily be futile.