- William H. Lamar
William Harmong Lamar (b.
December 11 ,1859 -February 10 ,1928 ) was an Americanlawyer .He was born in
Auburn, Alabama to Dr. William Harmong Lamar and his wife Ann. He received anA.B. from Alabama Polytechnic in 1881, his law degree fromGeorgetown University in 1884 and a Masters in Law in1885 from the same.He married Ms. Virginia Longstreet in 1887, with whom he would have four surviving children. He began his practice of law in
Washington, D.C. andRockville, Maryland shortly after graduation and was elected to theMaryland House of Delegates in 1894 as a Democrat. During theSpanish-American War , he served as acaptain in theSignal Corps and in public relations campaigns for the war.He served as an assistant attorney for the
United States Department of Justice from 1906 to 1913. Following the election ofWoodrow Wilson , a fellow Democrat, as President, he was made assistant attorney general and Solicitor of the Post Office Department, because of which he was targeted byanarchists for assassination in the1919 United States anarchist bombings . He left office after the election ofWarren Harding , a Republican, as President in 1921 and served in private practice with his son until his death.He was a member of the
American Bar Association , theMaryland Bar Association ,Alpha Tau Omega andPhi Delta Phi . He was also aMethodist . All information is recovered from the 1928-1929 Who's Who in America edition.
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