Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Latham akagadzwa pana January 9, 1860. Muhurukuro yake yokugadzwa, gavhuna mutsva akarondedzera zvaainyanya kukoshesa sokugadzirisa chikwereti chenyika chinokambaira, nhau yakambopikisa vaimbova magavhuna John Bigler, J. Neely Johnson naJohn Weller. Latham akakarakadza kuderedza mari inoshandiswa pamutemo, kuvaka zvimwe zvivako zvehurumende - zvakadai sokupedza kuvaka chivako chitsva cheState Capitol
<unk>pasina kukwidza mitero, uye kuwedzera US Mail links kubva kuEastern United States kuenda kuCalifornia kubatsira kufambisa kutengeserana nehukama hwevanhu. Latham akakarakadzawo kuti Hofisi yegovernor haifaniri kuitwa ine simba zvikuru, uye inofanira kuongororwa zvakachengeteka nesangano remitemo nematare.