Maury Maverick

Fontaine Maury Maverick ( born October 23, 1895 in San Antonio, Texas, † June 7, 1954 ) was an American politician.

After Maverick the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington visited, he returned to Texas and studied law at the University of Texas at Austin. In 1916 he was admitted to the legal profession and practicing in San Antonio. During World War II he served in the United States Army and was awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart. After the war, Maverick worked as a businessman.

Maverick was elected as a Democrat to Congress and represented there, from 3 January 1935 to January 3, 1939 the state of Texas in the House of Representatives of the United States. After his retirement from the House of Representatives, Maverick had previously not been nominated in 1938 for a candidacy, he was elected mayor of his native town and held that post from 1939 to 1941.

Maverick was the author of A Maverick American (1937) and In Blood and Ink: The Life and Documents of American Democracy ( 1939). He also wrote several articles. He died on June 7, 1954 in San Antonio and was buried there on the San Jose Burial Park.

Family

Maury Maverick was a grandson of Samuel A. Maverick. Since 22 May, he was married to Louise Terrell Dobbs. The couple had two children. One of them, his son, Maury Maverick Jr. was later a politician. He was also a nephew of Congressman James Luther Slayden (1853-1924)