# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maury-maverick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:11:21.186Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maury-maverick"
name: "Maury Maverick"
slug: "maury-maverick"
description: "Fontaine Maury Maverick Sr. was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 20th congressional district from 1935 to 1939. He is best remembered for his independence from the party and for coining the term \"gobbledygook\" for obscure and euphemistic bureaucratic language."
tagline: "American politician (1895-1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maury_Maverick.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1895-10-23"
deathDate: "1954-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.26
  momentum:             3.658536585365853
  historical:           6.153493333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Maury_Maverick"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "ماورى ماڤيريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "ماوری ماوریک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Maverick"
    title: "Maury Maverick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Maverick"
    title: "Maury Maverick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Маверик, Маури"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maury_Maverick"
    title: "Maury Maverick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1911710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump