Note: This is just one of
1,325
family groupings listed on
The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
not the choices of any historian or genealogist.
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James Maury (1746-1840) —
of Virginia; Liverpool, England.
Born in Albemarle
County, Va., February
3, 1746.
U.S. Consul in Liverpool, 1790-1812, 1815-29.
French
Huguenot ancestry.
Died in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
23, 1840 (age 94 years, 20
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Abram Poindexter Maury (1801-1848) —
of Tennessee.
Born near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., December
26, 1801.
Newspaper
editor; lawyer;
member of Tennessee
state house of representatives, 1831-32, 1843-44; U.S.
Representative from Tennessee, 1835-39 (8th District 1835-37, 5th
District 1837-39); member of Tennessee
state senate, 1845-46.
Slaveowner.
Died near Franklin, Williamson
County, Tenn., July 22,
1848 (age 46 years, 209
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Williamson County, Tenn.
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Samuel Augustus Maverick (1803-1870) —
also known as Samuel A. Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Pendleton District (now Anderson
County), S.C., July 23,
1803.
Lawyer;
delegate
to Texas Republic Republic constitutional convention from
District of Bexar, 1836; signer,
Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1839-40, 1862-63; member of Texas
state house of representatives 44th District, 1851-53.
His name is the origin of the term "maverick" for an unbranded cow,
which later came to mean a political party dissident.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., September
2, 1870 (age 67 years, 41
days).
Interment at City
Cemetery No. 1, San Antonio, Tex.
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John Walker Maury (c.1809-1855) —
also known as John W. Maury —
of Washington,
D.C.
Born about 1809.
Mayor
of Washington, D.C., 1852-54.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
2, 1855 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Dabney Herndon Maury (1822-1900) —
also known as Dabney H. Maury —
of Virginia.
Born in Fredericksburg,
Va., May 21,
1822.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War; general in the
Confederate Army during the Civil War; U.S. Minister to Colombia, 1886-89.
His left arm
was crippled by a Mexican War injury. Founder in 1868 of the
Southern Historical Society.
Died in Peoria, Peoria
County, Ill., January
11, 1900 (age 77 years, 235
days).
Interment at Fredericksburg
Cemetery, Fredericksburg, Va.
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James Luther Slayden (1853-1924) —
also known as James L. Slayden —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in Mayfield, Graves
County, Ky., June 1,
1853.
Democrat. Member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1892; U.S.
Representative from Texas, 1897-1919 (12th District 1897-1903,
14th District 1903-19).
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., February
24, 1924 (age 70 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mission
Burial Park South, San Antonio, Tex.
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John Wood Fishburne (1868-1937) —
also known as John W. Fishburne —
of Charlottesville,
Va.
Born near Charlottesville, Albemarle
County, Va., March 8,
1868.
Democrat. Member of Virginia
state house of delegates from Albemarle County & Charlottesville
city, 1895-97; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Virginia, 1912;
circuit judge in Virginia 8th Circuit, 1913-30; U.S.
Representative from Virginia 7th District, 1931-33; Democratic
Presidential Elector for Virginia, 1936
(voted for Franklin
D. Roosevelt and John
Nance Garner).
Member, Pi
Kappa Alpha; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died in Ivy Depot, Albemarle
County, Va., June 24,
1937 (age 69 years, 108
days).
Interment at Riverview
Cemetery, Charlottesville, Va.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick (1895-1954) —
also known as Maury Maverick —
of San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., October
23, 1895.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lumber
business; U.S.
Representative from Texas 20th District, 1935-39; mayor
of San Antonio, Tex., 1939-41; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Texas, 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Coined the word "gobbledygook," during World War II, for pompously
worded directives.
Died in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., June 7,
1954 (age 58 years, 227
days).
Interment at San
Jose Burial Park, San Antonio, Tex.
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Fontaine Maury Maverick Jr. (1921-2003) —
also known as Maury Maverick, Jr. —
of Texas.
Born in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
3, 1921.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II; lawyer;
member of Texas
state house of representatives, 1950-56; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Texas, 1961; columnist for the San Antonio
Express-News.
Died, from kidney
failure after surgery, in San Antonio, Bexar
County, Tex., January
28, 2003 (age 82 years, 25
days).
Burial location unknown.
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