Senate Votes
The perjury charge failed with 45 senators (all Republican) voting "guilty" and 55 senators (45 Democrats and 10 Republicans) voting "not guilty". The obstruction of justice charge failed with 50 senators (all Republican) voting "guilty" and 50 senators (45 Democrats and 5 Republicans) voting "not guilty". In both cases, a two-thirds majority of 67 senators would have been required for conviction.
The five Republican senators who voted against conviction on both charges were John Chafee of Rhode Island, Susan Collins of Maine, Jim Jeffords of Vermont, Olympia Snowe of Maine, and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. The additional five Republican senators who voted "not guilty" only on the perjury charge were Slade Gorton of Washington, Richard Shelby of Alabama, Ted Stevens of Alaska, Fred Thompson of Tennessee, and John Warner of Virginia.
| State | Senator | Party | Perjury charge vote of Pres. Clinton |
Obstruction of justice charge vote of Pres. Clinton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | Abraham, SpencerSpencer Abraham | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Hawaii | Akaka, DanielDaniel Akaka | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Colorado | Allard, WayneWayne Allard | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Missouri | Ashcroft, JohnJohn Ashcroft | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Montana | Baucus, MaxMax Baucus | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Indiana | Bayh, EvanEvan Bayh | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Utah | Bennett, RobertRobert Bennett | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Delaware | Biden, JoeJoe Biden | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| New Mexico | Bingaman, JeffJeff Bingaman | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Missouri | Bond, KitKit Bond | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| California | Boxer, BarbaraBarbara Boxer | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Louisiana | Breaux, JohnJohn Breaux | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Kansas | Brownback, SamSam Brownback | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Nevada | Bryan, RichardRichard Bryan | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Kentucky | Bunning, JimJim Bunning | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Montana | Burns, ConradConrad Burns | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| West Virginia | Byrd, RobertRobert Byrd | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Colorado | Nighthorse Campbell, BenBen Nighthorse Campbell | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Rhode Island | Chafee, JohnJohn Chafee | R | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Georgia | Cleland, MaxMax Cleland | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Mississippi | Cochran, ThadThad Cochran | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Maine | Collins, SusanSusan Collins | R | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| North Dakota | Conrad, KentKent Conrad | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Georgia | Coverdell, PaulPaul Coverdell | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Idaho | Craig, LarryLarry Craig | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Idaho | Crapo, MikeMike Crapo | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| South Dakota | Daschle, TomTom Daschle | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Ohio | DeWine, MikeMike DeWine | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Connecticut | Dodd, ChrisChris Dodd | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| North Dakota | Dorgan, ByronByron Dorgan | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| New Mexico | Domenici, PetePete Domenici | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Illinois | Durbin, DickDick Durbin | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| North Carolina | Edwards, JohnJohn Edwards | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Wyoming | Enzi, MikeMike Enzi | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Wisconsin | Feingold, RussRuss Feingold | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| California | Feinstein, DianneDianne Feinstein | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Illinois | Fitzgerald, PeterPeter Fitzgerald | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Tennessee | Frist, BillBill Frist | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Washington | Gorton, SladeSlade Gorton | R | Not guilty | Guilty |
| Florida | Graham, BobBob Graham | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Texas | Gramm, PhilPhil Gramm | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Minnesota | Grams, RodRod Grams | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Iowa | Grassley, ChuckChuck Grassley | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| New Hampshire | Gregg, JuddJudd Gregg | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Nebraska | Hagel, ChuckChuck Hagel | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Iowa | Harkin, TomTom Harkin | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Utah | Hatch, OrrinOrrin Hatch | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| North Carolina | Helms, JesseJesse Helms | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| South Carolina | Hollings, FritzFritz Hollings | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Arkansas | Hutchinson, TimTim Hutchinson | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Texas | Hutchison, Kay BaileyKay Bailey Hutchison | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Oklahoma | Inhofe, JimJim Inhofe | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Hawaii | Inouye, DanielDaniel Inouye | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Vermont | Jeffords, JimJim Jeffords | R | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| South Dakota | Johnson, TimTim Johnson | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Massachusetts | Kennedy, TedTed Kennedy | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Nebraska | Kerrey, BobBob Kerrey | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Massachusetts | Kerry, JohnJohn Kerry | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Wisconsin | Kohl, HerbHerb Kohl | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Arizona | Kyl, JonJon Kyl | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Louisiana | Landrieu, MaryMary Landrieu | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| New Jersey | Lautenberg, FrankFrank Lautenberg | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Vermont | Leahy, PatrickPatrick Leahy | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Michigan | Levin, CarlCarl Levin | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Connecticut | Lieberman, JoeJoe Lieberman | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Arkansas | Lincoln, BlancheBlanche Lincoln | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Mississippi | Lott, TrentTrent Lott | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Indiana | Lugar, RichardRichard Lugar | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Florida | Mack III, ConnieConnie Mack III | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Arizona | McCain, JohnJohn McCain | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Kentucky | McConnell, MitchMitch McConnell | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Maryland | Mikulski, BarbaraBarbara Mikulski | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| New York | Patrick Moynihan, DanielDaniel Patrick Moynihan | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Alaska | Murkowski, FrankFrank Murkowski | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Washington | Murray, PattyPatty Murray | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Oklahoma | Nickles, DonDon Nickles | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Rhode Island | Reed, JackJack Reed | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Nevada | Reid, HarryHarry Reid | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Virginia | Robb, CharlesCharles Robb | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Kansas | Roberts, PatPat Roberts | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| West Virginia | Rockefeller, JayJay Rockefeller | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Delaware | Roth, Jr., William V.William V. Roth, Jr. | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Pennsylvania | Santorum, RickRick Santorum | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Maryland | Sarbanes, PaulPaul Sarbanes | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| New York | Schumer, ChuckChuck Schumer | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Alabama | Sessions, JeffJeff Sessions | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Alabama | Shelby, RichardRichard Shelby | R | Not guilty | Guilty |
| New Hampshire | Smith, Robert C.Robert C. Smith | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Oregon | Smith, GordonGordon Smith | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Maine | Snowe, OlympiaOlympia Snowe | R | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Pennsylvania | Specter, ArlenArlen Specter | R | Not proven | Not proven |
| Alaska | Stevens, TedTed Stevens | R | Not guilty | Guilty |
| Wyoming | Thomas, Craig L.Craig L. Thomas | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Tennessee | Thompson, FredFred Thompson | R | Not guilty | Guilty |
| South Carolina | Thurmond, StromStrom Thurmond | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| New Jersey | Torricelli, RobertRobert Torricelli | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Virginia | Warner, JohnJohn Warner | R | Not guilty | Guilty |
| Ohio | Voinovich, GeorgeGeorge Voinovich | R | Guilty | Guilty |
| Minnesota | Wellstone, PaulPaul Wellstone | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
| Oregon | Wyden, RonRon Wyden | D | Not guilty | Not guilty |
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