American lawyer (1859–1928)
William Harmong Lamar (born December 11, 1859 – February 10, 1928) was an American lawyer.[1]
Family
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]
Military service
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]
Professional life
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]
Death
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.
