[4][1][5] From 1845 to 1847, Myrick continued to work in printing, first in Jackson County, then returning to New York, to Albany (where he worked on the Argus), Syracuse, New York City, and finally in the government printing office in Washington, D.C.[1] While employed in Washington, Myrick "saw John Quincy Adams as he lay dying on a cot in the speaker's room".

[6] In 1850, he was admitted to the bar, and the following summer he worked for governor William H. Seward, performing tasks related to a case being heard in Detroit.

[1] In 1854, Myrick traveled to California by the Nicaragua route, arriving in San Francisco in October with only five dollars in his possession.

[1] In 1871, he was elected to a four-year term on the county probate court as the nominee of the Tax Payer's Convention, taking office on January 1, 1872.

[19][20] After stepping down from the high court, Myrick served as president of the Saratoga Village Improvement Association,[21] and resumed the private practice of law with Frank P.

[22][23] In May 1888, Governor Waterman appointed Myrick as a judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

[24] In October 1897, he gave a speech at the Unitarian Club of San Francisco opposing Hawaiian annexation by the United States.