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{{Short description|American lawyer (1859–1928)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William Harmong Lamar
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1859|12|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn]], Alabama, US
| death_date = {{death date and age|1928|2|10|1859|12|11|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH)]], Washington, DC
| resting_place =
| nationality =
| office = Assistant Attorney-General, and<br>Solicitor, Post-Office Department
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
| known_for = Prosecution of mail fraud
| spouse = Virginia Longstreet
| alma_mater = [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic]];<br>
[[Georgetown University]]
| occupation = Attorney
}}

'''William Harmong Lamar''' (born December 11, 1859 – February 10, 1928) was an American [[lawyer]].<ref name="Who's Who">Marquis (1928).</ref>

==Family==
The son of Dr. William Harmong Lamar, and Ann Maria Lamar, née Glenn, William Harmong Lamar was born in [[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn]], Alabama, on December 11, 1859; he had five siblings.

He married Virginia Longstreet 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 III (1897–1970).<ref name="Who's Who" /> William H. Lamar IV is, {{as of|2025}} pastor of the [[Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church]] in Washington DC.

==Education==
He received a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)]] from [[Auburn University|Alabama Polytechnic]] in 1881, a [[Bachelor of Laws|Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)]] from [[Georgetown University]] in 1884, and a [[Master of Laws|Master of Laws (LL.M.)]] in 1885, also from Georgetown.<ref name="Who's Who" />

==Military service==
During the [[Spanish–American War]], he served as a [[Captain (United States)|captain]] in the [[Signal Corps (United States Army)|US Volunteer Signal Corps]] and in public relations campaigns for the war.<ref name="Who's Who" />

==Professional life==
He began his practice of law in [[Washington, D.C.]] and [[Rockville, Maryland|Rockville]], Maryland shortly after graduation and was elected to the [[Maryland House of Delegates]] in 1894 as a [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]].<ref name="Who's Who" />

He served as an assistant attorney for the [[United States Department of Justice]] from 1906 to 1913.<ref name="Who's Who" />

Following the election of [[Woodrow Wilson]], a fellow Democrat, as President, he was made assistant attorney-general and Solicitor of the [[United States Post Office|Post Office Department]] (1913-1921),<ref name="Who's Who" /><ref>For his activities against mail fraud, see: "Medical Mail Order Concerns", pp.268-358 in Cramp (1921).</ref> because of which he was targeted by [[anarchists]] for assassination in the [[1919 United States anarchist bombings]].<ref>Materer (1991), p.136.</ref>

He left office after the election of [[Warren Harding]], a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], as President in 1921 and served in private practice with his son Lucius until his death in 1928.<ref>Witemeyer (1996).</ref>

==Affiliations==
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]].<ref name="Who's Who" />

==Death==
He died at the [[Walter Reed Army Medical Center|Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH)]], Washington, D.C., on February 10, 1928,<ref>Deaths: William H. Lamar, ''The Frederick Post'', (Tuesday, February 14, 1926), p.5.</ref> and was buried at the [[Arlington National Cemetery]].

==Notes==
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==References==
* [https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica15chic/page/1248/mode/1up 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.]
* [https://ia601707.us.archive.org/17/items/dli.ernet.19129/19129-Nostrums%20And%20Quackery%20Vol-ii%281921%29.pdf Cramp, A.J. (ed.) (1921). ''Nostrums and Quackery: Volume II''. Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.]
* {{Cite book |last=Materer |first=Timothy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0Y6iP5XZmYC&dq=%22william+harmon+lamar%22+lawyer&pg=PA136 |title=The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound to John Quinn: 1915–1924 |date=1991 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=978-0-8223-8290-4 |language=en}}
* {{Cite book |last1=Witemeyer |first1=Hugh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jSiWN1zaoCgC&dq=%22william+harmon+lamar%22+lawyer&pg=PA43 |title=Pound/Williams: Selected Letters of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams |date=1996 |publisher=New Directions Publishing |isbn=978-0-8112-1301-1 |language=en}}

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