Where can I find a searchable roll call of House votes for each presidential impeachment?
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Executive summary
If you want searchable, member-by-member roll calls for presidential impeachments, the official U.S. House Clerk site houses the authoritative, searchable roll-call database (see the Clerk’s Votes index) and contains individual roll pages such as Roll Call 17 (Jan. 13, 2021) and Roll Call 175 (June 24, 2025) for recent Trump-related actions [1] [2] [3]. Secondary aggregators like GovTrack and Congress.gov also index and summarize those roll calls and related actions [4] [5].
1. Where to go first: the Clerk of the House roll‑call database — the primary source
The House Clerk operates an online Votes portal that lets you search roll calls by Congress, session, and roll number and opens each vote to show every member’s yea/nay/present/not voting entry; use the Clerk’s Votes index and the specific roll pages (for example, Roll Call 17 for the Jan. 13, 2021 impeachment and Roll Call 175 for the June 24, 2025 motion) to retrieve full, searchable roll-call records [1] [2] [3].
2. How Congress.gov and committee records fit in — official context and action history
Congress.gov provides the legislative and procedural history for specific impeachment resolutions — including “all actions” pages that list the House and Senate roll-call results and record vote numbers (for example, H.Res.755 and H.Res.498 from the 116th Congress) — which is useful when you want narrative context, the resolution text, and links back to roll calls [5] [6].
3. Third-party aggregators for searching, filtering and explanation
GovTrack mirrors official House roll-call entries and adds interface conveniences like browsing by vote subject and linking related data; it pulls from the Clerk’s official records and presents them in a user-friendly way (example: the GovTrack page for House Vote #175) [4] [7]. These services do not replace the Clerk but make it faster to filter and cross-reference votes.
4. Historical impeachments and archival sources
For older or non-presidential impeachments (e.g., Andrew Johnson and historical House practice), the House History, Art & Archives pages compile contextual narratives and lists of individuals impeached; these resources are useful when you need background beyond a single roll-call sheet [8] [9].
5. What roll-call pages contain — what you’ll find on each vote page
Individual Clerk roll-call pages show the vote question, description (e.g., “Impeaching Donald John Trump”), vote type (Yea-and-Nay), tallies (yea/nay/present/not voting) and the complete member-by-member listing compiled from the House electronic tally — the precise data you need to attribute each lawmaker’s vote [2] [10] [3].
6. Cross‑checking Senate trial votes and outcomes
Impeachment is a two-chamber process: after the House roll call, the Senate’s recorded votes and trial actions are cataloged separately (Senate vote pages and roll-call systems). For Senate adjudications and counts you should consult Senate vote pages in addition to House records to confirm final acquittal/conviction outcomes [5] [11].
7. Recent examples and reporting to corroborate the records
Contemporary press coverage (The Hill, Politico, Roll Call, Newsweek) reports procedural outcomes and can point you back to the exact roll numbers and vote totals cited on Clerk pages; for instance, reporting on tabling votes and leaders’ positions directs researchers to the associated roll-call entries [12] [13] [14] [15].
8. Practical tips for researchers and journalists
Start at the Clerk’s Votes search (Clerk.House.gov → Votes) and plug in Congress/session or a roll number if you have one [1]. If you only know date or resolution number, use Congress.gov to pull the “all actions” chronology and then click through to the Clerk’s roll-call page. Use GovTrack or major news outlets to cross-reference and to read plain‑English explanations of parliamentary maneuvers that the roll‑call lines alone don’t convey [1] [5] [4].
Limitations and caveats: the Clerk’s data is the authoritative primary record for House votes and should be treated as the source of truth for member votes; secondary sites (GovTrack, news outlets) summarize and add tools but derive their data from the Clerk [1] [4]. Available sources do not mention any separate, single consolidated “one-page” dataset that lists every presidential-impeachment roll call across history; instead you must assemble that list by consulting the Clerk’s roll-call pages, Congress.gov action histories, and House historical archives [1] [5] [9].