Did 47 republicans sign a impeachment for thump

1. What actually happened in the second impeachment vote: ten Republicans broke with their party

When the House impeached Donald J. Trump on January 13, 2021, ten House Republicans joined all House Democrats to support the single article of impeachment, a fact reported in contemporary summaries of that vote and compiled by multiple sources ^{[1] [2]}. That bipartisan minority — led by prominent critics such as Liz Cheney — was widely covered as historic precisely because only a small number of Republicans crossed party lines to vote for impeachment while the vast majority of House Republicans opposed the measure ^[2].

2. Where the number 47 appears — and why it’s being confused with “47 Republicans”

The number 47 shows up in the impeachment record for other reasons but not as “47 Republicans signing an impeachment.” In the Senate trial for Trump’s first impeachment, one of the conviction tallies read 47–53 on the second article — a vote count that reflects overall Senators’ positions on conviction, not 47 Republicans filing impeachment articles in the House ^[4]. Separately, the secure committee rooms for impeachment inquiries sometimes include fixed membership numbers — one account notes “47 Republicans and 57 Democrats” as members permitted in a SCIF for joint committee depositions — a procedural detail that can be misread as an endorsement count ^[5]. And during a December 2025 House procedural vote to table a fresh impeachment push, 47 Democrats voted “present,” a separate quirk of that roll call that has been mischaracterized in some summaries ^{[6] [3]}.

3. Recent impeachment pushes and the politics of tabling votes

Later attempts to force an impeachment debate — such as Representative Al Green’s December 2025 motion — were quickly tabled by a Republican motion that passed with a broad majority and the tactical decision by Democratic leaders to vote “present,” which included 47 members casting “present” votes rather than “yea” to advance the articles, not 47 Republicans supporting impeachment ^{[3] [6]}. Contemporary reporting made clear that the tabling succeeded largely along party lines with strategic Democratic abstentions, and that these procedural maneuvers are often the source of numerical confusion in public recollection and headlines ^[3].

4. Where the misinformation likely comes from — mixing votes, bodies, and contexts

The simplest reason for the “47 Republicans” misstatement is conflation: different votes (House vs. Senate), different tallies (conviction counts vs. impeachment articles), and committee membership numbers have all used “47” in separate, unrelated contexts documented in congressional records and reporting ^{[4] [5] [3]}. News outlets and archival sources show the factual breakdowns, and none of the cited official records support the assertion that 47 House Republicans signed or voted in favor of an article of impeachment against Trump ^{[1] [2]}.

5. Alternative interpretations and limits of the sources

Sources indicate both historical Republican defections (the ten in 2021) and later procedural dynamics where different numbers appear for other reasons (committee counts, present votes, Senate conviction tallies) ^{[1] [4] [5] [3]}. If a specific instance is being referenced where 47 named Republicans purportedly “signed” an impeachment resolution, that claim is not documented in the provided records; congressional bill pages and roll-call transcripts do not show 47 Republicans formally filing or voting to advance an impeachment article against Trump in a single, unified House action ^{[7] [8]}.

6. Bottom line for readers parsing competing claims

The accurate, sourced takeaway: ten House Republicans voted to impeach Trump in the Jan. 13, 2021 House impeachment, and instances of the number 47 in impeachment-era records reflect different procedural or voting contexts — not 47 Republicans signing an impeachment article in support of Trump’s removal ^{[1] [2] [3]}. The record available in the cited congressional and mainstream reporting does not substantiate the narrow claim that 47 Republicans signed an impeachment for Trump ^{[7] [8]}.