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 , because of which he was targeted by anarchists for assassination in the 1919 United States anarchist bombings . He left office after the election of Warren Harding , a Republican , as President in 1921 and served in private practice with his son until his death
1919 United States anarchist bombings
1919 United States anarchist bombings
William H. Lamar