In 1887, he was appointed by Charles S. Fairchild as Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and remained in office until the end of the First Cleveland administration.
On the same day however, Justice Ingraham had stayed Cullen's decision, and Emans was accused of contempt of court.
Emans traveled to Albany himself and appeared at Maynard's home at half past 8 a.m. next morning demanding to have the corrected result returned to him.
After some legal pettyfogging, the Democratic politicians continued to support Maynard, as reward for his service to the Party, but public indignation never subsided.
In January 1893, Maynard was re-appointed to the Court of Appeals, to fill the vacancy caused by the election of Charles Andrews as Chief Judge, although the Bar Association had urged the Governor against it.
Margaret Marvin came from a fairly prominent New York political family: her mother Frances was the daughter of Congressman Charles A. Foote, and Margaret's uncle Rensselaer William Foote died during the American Civil War as a major in the 6th United States Infantry.