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About Samuel Maverick
Samuel Augustus Maverick was a Texas lawyer, politician, land baron and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. His name is the source of the term "maverick", first attested in 1867. He was the grandfather of Texas politician Maury Maverick, who coined the term gobbledygook (1944).
Everything about Samuel Maverick →- Occupation
- lawyer, politician, rancher, jurist
- Position held
- member of the State Senate of Texas, member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 23, 1803
- Died
- September 2, 1870