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Samuel Augustus Maverick

Samuel Augustus Maverick

Full Name: Samuel Augustus Maverick, Sr.
Date of birth: July 23, 1803
Date of death: September 2, 1870

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 72 Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863 9th     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar, Dawson, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde
H 70 Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 8th     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
S 31 Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859 7th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   6th (6)     San Antonio / Bexar Senate President Pro Tempore (7th)   Bexar, Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde
H 70 Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 5th     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar
H 44 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th     San Antonio / Bexar   Bexar, Medina

Terms of service footnotes


(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937. ↩
(2) 7th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 2/11/1858, Regular Session. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. ↩
(6) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal. ↩

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
9th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar, Dawson, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde

Legislatures:
8th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
7th (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)   6th (6)  
Leadership role:
Senate President Pro Tempore (7th)
(6th)
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar, Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde

Legislatures:
5th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar

Legislatures:
4th  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
San Antonio / Bexar
Counties in district:
Bexar, Medina

Terms of service notes


(1) Members of the Seventh Legislature, Biographical Notes - Members, April 1937 issue. Southern Historical Research Magazine, 1937. ↩
(2) 7th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 2/11/1858, Regular Session. Senate Journal. ↩
(3) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." Roster of 7th Legislature, "Texas Legislature Complete for 1857-8," Civilian and Gazette. Weekly. (Galveston, Texas), 9/8/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). ↩
(4) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal. ↩
(5) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990. ↩
(6) 6th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll of Senators elected since the last adjournment presented their credentials, and being qualified, took their seats, 11/5/1855, p. 2. Senate Journal. ↩

Biographical Information

  • 5th Legislature - Roll of Members, Samuel A. Maverick, age 51, native state South Carolina, emigrated from Alabama in 1835, lawyer, postoffice San Antonio, Bexar County. House Journal.
  • Portrait, 9th Legislature, Regular Session. House Journal.

  • Samuel Augustus Maverick, birth date 7/23/1803, death date 9/2/1870, burial in City Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Bexar County. BillionGraves.
  • MAVERICK COUNTY named for Samuel A. Maverick. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Mentioned in The Life and Death of Colonel Albert Jennings Fountain, 1965.
  • "Who You Callin' a Maverick?", 10/5/2008. New York Times.
  • Mentioned as candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 1857 (Francis Lubbock won election). State Gazette (Austin, Texas), 2/28/1857, p. 2, crediting Dolph Briscoe Center for American History. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
  • Obituary, "Champion of Underdogs Was S.A. Icon," 1/29/2003. Relatives: Samuel Maverick - great-grandfather, Maury Maverick, Jr. - great-grandson. San Antonio Express-News.
  • Mentioned in "Through the Years - San Saba Representatives in Legislative History," 4/1/1948, p. 9. San Saba News.

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