When Timothy Girton was born about 1868, in Earlham, Madison, Iowa, United States, his father, William Henry Harrison Girton, was 29 and his mother, Mahala C. Mowrey, was 24. He died about 1868, in his hometown, at the age of 2.
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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 The Amendment was later repealed.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.
Historical Boundaries: 1869: Madison, Iowa, United States
English: habitational name from any of various places called Girton or Gretton. Gretton in Northamptonshire, as well as Girton in Nottinghamshire and Cambridgeshire, are named from Old English grēot ‘gravel’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. Gretton in Shropshire is named from Old English grēoten ‘gravelly’ + tūn, while Gretton, Gloucestershire, is ‘farmstead (tūn) near Greet (Old English grēote ‘gravelly place’)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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