Background
Maverick, Maury was born on October 23, 1895 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Albert and Jane Lewis (Maury) Maverick.
United States representative lawyer politician
Maverick, Maury was born on October 23, 1895 in San Antonio, Texas, United States. Son of Albert and Jane Lewis (Maury) Maverick.
He studied at Texas Military Institute, the Virginia Military Institute, and the University of Texas.
He is best remembered for his independence from the party and for coining the term "gobbledygook" for obscure and euphemistic bureaucratic language. He was admitted to the bar in 1916 and practiced law in San Antonio. In the 1920s, he was involved in the lumber and mortgage businesses.
From 1929 to 1931, he was the elected tax collector for Bexar County.
He was elected to the Seventy-fourth Congress in 1934, with support from the Hispanic population of his district, and re-elected to the Seventy-fifth. During his 1934 campaign, Maverick enlisted Lyndon Johnson, a then little-known congressional secretary, to work for him during the Democratic primary.
He angered the conservative Democrats running the party back in Texas, including John Nance Garner. He was defeated in the primary for a third term in 1938.
He returned to Texas where he was elected Mayor of San Antonio, again with support from minority voters, serving from 1939 to 1941, when he was labeled a Communist and defeated.
During World World War II, he worked for the Office of Price Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and served on the War Production Board and the Smaller War Plants Corporation. After the war, he practiced law in San Antonio.
Member 74th and 75th Congresses (1935-1939), 20 Texas District Mayor San Antonio, Texas, 1939-1941. Served with 157th Infantry, Camp Kearney, California. Member American Legion, Dayanand Anglo-Vedic, Sons of the American Revolution, Veterans Foreign Wars, Legion of Honor (France), Sigma Chi, Sigma Delta Chirurgical
Clubs: National Press, Army and Navy (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Terrell Louise Dobbs, May 22, 1920. Children: Maury, Terrelita (Mistress Sam Houston Clinton, Junior.