Larkin was appointed the first and only U.S. Consul to California, 1844-1846, near the end of the era of Mexican control. His wife was the first woman from the U.S. in California, and theirs was the first U.S. child born there. He was a strong proponent of California's peaceful acquisition and then played a key role in its transition to statehood. He was a delegate to the 1849 constitutional convention that helped pave the way for California's admission to the Union a year later.
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