Brother Milton Latham, Washington Lodge 20 of Sacramento, had the shortest term of any California Governor, serving only five days!
Having taken the oath of office on January 9, 1860, he resigned when the California Legislature selected him as California's US Senator to replace David Colbreth Broderick, who was killed in a duel. John G. Downey, Los Angeles Lodge 42, succeeded Brother Latham as Governor. Brother Downey, of course, has the distincion of being California's shortest serving Lt. Governor, an office which he held for the same five days.
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