The following day, the Senate voted unanimously to convict Porteous on the first of four impeachment charges, removing him from the bench, before subsequently convicting him on the remaining three articles. In a separate vote, per a motion by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, the Senate disqualified Porteous from ever holding "any office of honor, trust or profit under the United States" again. He is one of only three former federal officers to be permanently banned from holding federal office after being impeached and removed.