William Harmong Lamar | |
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Assistant Attorney-General, and Solicitor, Post-Office Department | |
Personal details | |
Born | Auburn, Alabama, US | 11 December 1859
Died | 10 February 1928 Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH), Washington, D.C. | (aged 68)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Virginia Longstreet |
Alma mater |
Alabama Polytechnic; Georgetown University |
Occupation | Attorney |
Known for | Prosecution of mail fraud |
William Harmong Lamar (born December 11, 1859 – February 10, 1928) was an American lawyer. [1]
The son of Dr. William Harmong Lamar (1827-1907), and Ann Maria Lamar (1824-1894), née Glenn, William Harmong Lamar was born in Auburn, Alabama on December 11, 1859; he had five siblings: Theodore Jemison Lamar (1848–1914); Cornelia Glennie Lamar (1850–1934), later, Mrs Phillips; Charles Russell Lamar (1853–1928); Howard Lamar (1861–1931); and George Holt Lamar (1867–1945). [2]
He married Virginia Longstreet (1865-1911) on June 21, 1887; they had four children: Mrs. Virginia Longstreet Matthews, née Lamar (1889–1977); Mrs. Augusta Glenn "Gussie" Lytle, née Lamar (1891–1973); Lucius Quintus Cinncinatus Lamar (1892–1954); and William Harmong Lamar (1897–1970). [1]
He received an Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) from Alabama Polytechnic in 1881, a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Georgetown University in 1884, and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in 1885, also from Georgetown. [1]
During the Spanish–American War, he served as a captain in the US Volunteer Signal Corps and in public relations campaigns for the war. [1]
He began his practice of law in Washington, D.C. and Rockville, Maryland shortly after graduation and was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1894 as a Democrat. [1]
He served as an assistant attorney for the United States Department of Justice from 1906 to 1913. [1]
Following the election of Woodrow Wilson, a fellow Democrat, as President, he was made assistant attorney-general and Solicitor of the Post Office Department (1913-1921), [1] [3] because of which he was targeted by anarchists for assassination in the 1919 United States anarchist bombings. [4]
He left office after the election of Warren Harding, a Republican, as President in 1921 and served in private practice with his son Lucius until his death in 1928. [5]
He was a member of the American Bar Association, the Maryland Bar Association, Alpha Tau Omega and Phi Delta Phi. He was also a Methodist. [1]
He died at the Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH), Washington, D.C. on February 10, 1928, [6] and was buried at the Arlington National Cemetery.