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POLITICIAN

Milton Latham

1827 - 1882

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Milton Slocum Latham (May 23, 1827 – March 4, 1882) was an American politician, who served as the sixth governor of California and as a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator. Latham holds the distinction of having the shortest governorship in California history, lasting for five days between January 9 and January 14, 1860. A Lecompton Democrat, Latham resigned from office (the second governor to do so) after being elected by the state legislature to a seat in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milton Latham has received more than 91,121 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Milton Latham is the 16,842nd most popular politician (down from 15,016th in 2019), the 13,772nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,483rd in 2019) and the 995th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Milton Latham ranks 16,842 out of 15,577Before him are Tamar Zandberg, Franck Riester, Roy Moore, Grazia Zafferani, Tibor Benedek, and Mary Lou McDonald. After him are Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, Norman Kirk, Alexander Dobrindt, Barbara Pompili, Laurent Wauquiez, and Orly Levy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1827, Milton Latham ranks 64Before him are Barbara Bodichon, William Burges, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Hiram Rhodes Revels, William Windom, and Augustus Pitt Rivers.  Among people deceased in 1882, Milton Latham ranks 74Before him are Joaquim Manuel de Macedo, James Challis, Hablot Knight Browne, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Francis Maitland Balfour, and Edward Bouverie Pusey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Milton Latham ranks 13,772 out of 18,182Before him are Amy Locane (1971), Geraldine Brooks (1925), Aly Michalka (1989), Isaiah Mustafa (1974), John Dye (1963), and Michael Fincke (1967). After him are Barry Jenkins (1979), Leo Carrillo (1880), Steven Strogatz (1959), Sean Waltman (1972), Sean M. Carroll (1966), and Ahna O'Reilly (1984).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Milton Latham ranks 995Before him are Laura Kelly (1950), Bobby Rush (1946), Edwin Edwards (1927), Bill Walker (1951), Sam Brownback (1956), and Roy Moore (1947). After him are Jackie Speier (1950), Ronna McDaniel (1973), John Thune (1961), Greg Foster (1958), Douglas Wilder (1931), and George W. Norris (1861).