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William Harmong Lamar
Assistant Attorney-General, and
Solicitor, Post-Office Department
Personal details
Born(1859-12-11)11 December 1859
Auburn, Alabama, US
Died10 February 1928(1928-02-10) (aged 68)
Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH), Washington, D.C.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseVirginia Longstreet
Alma materAlabama Polytechnic;
Georgetown University
OccupationAttorney
Known forProsecution of mail fraud

William Harmong Lamar (born December 11, 1859 – February 10, 1928) was an American lawyer.[1]

Family

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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]

Education

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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]

Military service

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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

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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]

Affiliations

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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]

Death

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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.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Marquis (1928).
  2. ^ Dr. William Harmong Lamar Sr., findagrave.com.
  3. ^ For his activities against mail fraud, see: "Medical Mail Order Concerns", pp.268-358 in Cramp (1921).
  4. ^ Materer (1991), p.136.
  5. ^ Witemeyer (1996).
  6. ^ Deaths: William H. Lamar, The Frederick Post, (Tuesday, February 14, 1926), p.5.

References

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  • Marquis, A.N. (ed,) (1928), "William Harmong Lamar", p.1248 in Who's Who in America: Vol.15, Chicago, IL: The A.N. Marquis Company.
  • Cramp, A.J. (ed.) (1921). Nostrums and Quackery: Volume II. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.
  • Materer, Timothy (1991). The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound to John Quinn: 1915–1924. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8290-4.
  • Witemeyer, Hugh (1996). Pound/Williams: Selected Letters of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams. New Directions Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8112-1301-1.
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