Nays.—Simeon Baldwin, Silas Betton, John Campbell, William Chamberlin, Martin Chittenden, Clifton Claggett, Manasseh Cutler, Samuel W. Dana, John Davenport, Thomas Dwight, Thomas Griffin, Gaylord Griswold, Roger Griswold, Seth Hastings, William Helms, Benjamin Huger, Joseph Lewis, jun., Henry W. Livingston, Thomas Lowndes, Nahum Mitchell, Thomas Plater, Samuel D. Purviance, John Cotton Smith, John Smith of Virginia, William Stedman, James Stevenson, Samuel Taggart, Samuel Tenney, Samuel Thatcher, Killian K. Van Rensselaer, Peleg Wadsworth, and Lemuel Williams.
The second resolution was agreed to unanimously.
Whereupon, it was ordered, that Mr. John Randolph and Mr. Early be appointed a committee to go to the Senate, at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Representatives, and of all the people of the United States, to impeach Samuel Chase, one of the Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States, of high crimes and misdemeanors; and acquaint the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him, and make good the same. It was also ordered, that the committee do demand, that the Senate take order for the appearance of the said Samuel Chase, to answer to the said impeachment.
On the 13th of March, Messrs. J. Randolph, Nicholson, J. Clay, Early, and Boyle, were appointed a committee to prepare and report articles of impeachment against Samuel Chase, and invested with power to send for persons, papers, and records.
On the 14th, a message was received from the Senate, notifying the House, that they would take proper order on the impeachment, of which due notice should be given to the House.
On the 26th, Mr. Randolph, from the committee appointed for that purpose, reported articles of impeachment against Samuel Chase. No order was taken on the report during the remainder of the session, which terminated the next day.
At the ensuing session of Congress, on the 6th of November, 1804, on the motion of Mr. J. Randolph, the articles of impeachment were referred to Messrs. J. Randolph, J. Clay, Early, Boyle, and J. Rhea of Tennessee.
On the 30th of November, Mr. Randolph reported articles of impeachment against Samuel Chase, in substance not dissimilar from those reported at the last session, with the addition of two new articles.
This report was made the order for the 3d of December. On that and the ensuing day the House took the articles into consideration, to all of which they agreed, according to the following votes:
| Yeas. | Nays. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art. 1 | 83 | 34 | |
| 2 | 83 | 35 | |
| 3 | 84 | 34 | |
| 4 | 84 | 34 | |
| 5 | 72 | 45 | |
| 6 | 73 | 42 | |
| 7 | 73 | 42 | |
| 8 | 1st sec. | 74 | 32 |
| 8 | 2nd sec. | 78 | 32 |