Terms of Service top

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)   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.

Biographical Notes and Resources 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. 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 and portrait, pp. 259-260. The Texas Senate: Volume I, Republic to Civil War, 1836-1861, 1990.

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 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

9th R.S. - 1861 Finance   Land Office (Chair)  Private Land Claims

8th R.S. - 1859 Apportionment   Federal Relations   Internal Improvement   Retrenchment and Reform   Stock and Stock Raising

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

6th R.S. - 1855 Finance   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts, Select   Land Frauds, Select   Militia   Protection of Western Frontier, Select (Co-Chair)

5th R.S. - 1853 Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary   Public Debt

4th R.S. - 1851 Contingent Expenses   Internal Improvements   Judiciary   State Geologist, Select (Chair)