| William Harmong Lamar | |
| Birth Date: | 11 December 1859 |
| Birth Place: | Auburn, Alabama, US |
| Death Place: | Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH), Washington, D.C. |
| Office: | Assistant Attorney-General, and Solicitor, Post-Office Department |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Known For: | Prosecution of mail fraud |
| Spouse: | Virginia Longstreet |
| Alma Mater: | Alabama Polytechnic
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| Occupation: | Attorney |
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).
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.
During the Spanish–American War, he served as a captain in the US Volunteer Signal Corps and in public relations campaigns for the war.
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.
He served as an assistant attorney for the United States Department of Justice from 1906 to 1913.
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),[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.
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.