Born in
Portsmouth, Virginia, Maynard attended the common schools of
Norfolk County. He was graduated from the
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at
Blacksburg in 1880. He engaged in the real estate business and the promotion of public utilities. He served as member of the State house of delegates in 1889 and 1890. He served in the State senate in 1893–1901. Maynard was elected as a
Democrat to the
Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1901 – March 3, 1911). He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1910. He moved to New York City and engaged in the insurance and real estate business. He died in
Fort Totten, New York, October 23, 1922. He was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia. ==Electoral history==