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About Maury Maverick
Fontaine Maury Maverick Sr. was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 20th congressional district from 1935 to 1939. He is best remembered for his independence from the party and for coining the term "gobbledygook" for obscure and euphemistic bureaucratic language.
Everything about Maury Maverick →- Occupation
- politician, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, Mayor of San Antonio
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- October 23, 1895
- Died
- June 7, 1954