 He lived in Indianapolis in 1880; in Chicago briefly in 1881; and in Minneapolis, Minnesota for part of 1883–1884, before returning to his native city.Milwaukee's city Board of Public Works appointed him superintendent of new public schools on October 3, 1886.Meyers was elected to the Assembly for Milwaukee's Sixth Assembly District (the sixth and thirteenth wards of the City of Milwaukee) in 1886 on the Populist ticket, receiving 2,252 votes against 1,217 votes for Republican Paul Vogt; incumbent John Lagrand (a Republican) was not on the ballot.