He also served as mayor of Rome in 1906 and 1907, and was appointed judge of the Superior Court of Georgia in 1908. Maddox was elected in to that office 1910 and served until his resignation on February 1, 1912, having become president of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Maddox also held the role of mayor of Rome from 1906 to 1907, and later became a judge at the Superior Court of Georgia in 1908. He was elected to that position in 1910 and served until his resignation on February 1, 1912, when he took on the presidency of the State Mutual Life Insurance Co.