Samuel Augustus Maverick
Full Name: Samuel Augustus Maverick, Sr.Date of birth: July 23, 1803
Date of death: September 2, 1870
Terms of Service top
| Chamber | District | Dates of Service | Legislatures | Party | City/County | Note | Counties in District |
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| 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) 6th (5) 7th (1) (2) (3) (4) | 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 |
(1) 7th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 2/11/1858, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." 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).
(3) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(4) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(5) 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.
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House District 72
Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863 Legislatures: 9th Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar Counties in district: Bexar, Dawson, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde |
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House District 70
Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861 Legislatures: 8th Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar Counties in district: Bexar |
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Senate District 31
Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859 Legislatures: 7th (1) (2) (3) (4) 6th (5) 7th (1) (2) (3) (4) Senate President Pro Tempore (7th) (7th) (7th) Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar Counties in district: Bexar, Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde |
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House District 70
Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855 Legislatures: 5th Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar Counties in district: Bexar |
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House District 44
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 Legislatures: 4th Home City/County: San Antonio / Bexar Counties in district: Bexar, Medina |
(1) 7th Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, elected in the absence of the President and President Pro Tem 2/11/1858, Regular Session. Senate Journal.
(2) Listed in "Senators holding over: Democrats." 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).
(3) 7th Legislature - Roll of Senators (holdover Senator), 11/2/1857, pp. 1, 4. Senate Journal.
(4) 7th Legislature - Listed in "large cadre of returning senators," p. 276. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
(5) 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 top
Resolutions and Journal entries
- 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.
Biographical Sketches
- Biographical sketch, p. 135. Biographical Directory of the Texan Conventions and Congresses, 1832-1845, 1942.
- MAVERICK, SAMUEL AUGUSTUS (1803-1870). Handbook of Texas Online.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, Samuel A. Maverick, pp. 594-595. Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory, 1895.
- Biographical sketch and portrait. Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature, 1860.
- Samuel Augustus Maverick, Sr. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
- Biographical sketch, Samuel Augustus Maverick. Curtis Bishop, "Historic Names in the 54th: Descendants of many who made early Texas history carry on family traditions of service to their State as members of the 54th Legislature," Volume XVI, Number 1, June 1955, pp. 37, 38, 40. Texas Parade.
- Biographical sketch and portrait, pp. 259-260. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.
- Book in LRL collection, 328.764 M45M 1989. Turn Your Eyes Toward Texas: Pioneers Sam and Mary Maverick, 1989.
Other Resources
- 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.
Photographs
- Photograph. Samuel Augustus Maverick, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
Committee Information top
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9th R.S. - 1861
Finance Land Office (Chair) Private Land Claims | ||
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8th R.S. - 1859
Apportionment Federal Relations Internal Improvement Retrenchment and Reform Stock and Stock Raising | ||
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7th R.S. - 1857
Claims and Accounts Counties and County Boundaries Indian Affairs Message of the Governor on Kansas Affairs Private Land Claims State Government, Number of and Necessity of Employees | ||
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6th R.S. - 1855
Finance Internal Improvements Judicial Districts, Select Land Frauds, Select Militia Protection of Western Frontier, Select (Co-Chair) | ||
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5th R.S. - 1853
Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary Public Debt | ||
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4th R.S. - 1851
Contingent Expenses Internal Improvements Judiciary State Geologist, Select (Chair) |
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