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Samuel Augustus Maverick
Full Name: Samuel Augustus Maverick, Sr.
Date of birth: July 23, 1803
Date of death: September 2, 1870
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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City/County |
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Counties in District |
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H
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72
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Nov 4, 1861 - Nov 2, 1863
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9th
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar, Dawson, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Uvalde
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H
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70
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Nov 7, 1859 - Nov 4, 1861
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8th
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar
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S
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31
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Nov 5, 1855 - Nov 7, 1859
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7th
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(2)
(3)
(4)
6th
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7th
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(2)
(3)
(4)
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Senate President Pro Tempore (7th)
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Bexar, Gillespie, Medina, Uvalde
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H
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70
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Nov 7, 1853 - Nov 5, 1855
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5th
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar
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H
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44
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Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
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4th
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San Antonio / Bexar
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Bexar, Medina
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(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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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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Portrait, 9th Legislature, Regular Session.
House Journal.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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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.
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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.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Samuel Augustus Maverick, 8th Legislature, Texas Album of the Eighth Legislature
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