When Mary Elizabeth Gay was born on 30 March 1866, in Howard, Missouri, United States, her father, George Alexander Gay, was 37 and her mother, Juliet Callaway, was 29. She married Aloysius Lee Mudd on 22 April 1896, in Fayette, Howard, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in New Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Franklin, Howard, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 1 August 1955, in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, United States.
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This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
English (southwestern), French, and Catalan: nickname for a lighthearted or cheerful person, from Middle English, Old French gai, Catalan gay ‘cheerful’. In Middle English the term could also mean ‘wanton, lascivious’ and this sense may lie behind the surname in some instances.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of the places in Normandy called Gaye, from an early proprietor bearing an ancient Germanic personal name cognate with Wade .
Catalan: probably also from the personal name Gai (from Latin Gaius).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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