Samuel Maverick

Samuel Augustus Maverick ( born July 23, 1803 in Pendleton, South Carolina, † September 2, 1870 in San Antonio, Texas) was an American lawyer, politician and landowner in Texas.

In 1825, he earned a BA degree from Yale University and then studied law in Winchester ( Virginia). Maverick lived from 1835 in Texas and was one of the 50 signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836 - a defection of Mexico. This could have saved his life. He traveled to Washington for the signing -on-the - Brazos, he was no longer in Alamo, when the troops of General Antonio López de Santa Anna attacked and almost all Texans were killed there.

In 1842 he was captured by the Mexicans and detained at Mexico City. During his detention, he was re-elected congressman from Texas. During the Civil War he was not politically active.

In contrast to the other breeders he not denounced his cattle. Calves without fire signs have since been called in English " Mavericks ". In English usage since then is a Maverick a person 's independence in thought and action shows, a nonconformist, a rebel or an outsider is.

Maverick County, Texas was named after him.

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  • Politicians (Texas )
  • Born in 1803
  • Died in 1870
  • Man
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