Ward H. Lamon (1828-1893)

Ward Hill Lamon was the law partner and self-appointed bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln. In 1852 he formed a law partnership with Lincoln and worked on his campaigns in 1858 and 1860. The president named Lamon marshal of Washington, DC. Lamon was ostentatious, bawdy, and a heavy drinker. He was controversial because he opposed both abolition and the expansion of slavery. On April 14, 1865, Lamon was on assignment in Richmond and therefore was not in the theater when the president was assassinated.

Date:
1867 circa 5 years
Original Format:
Photographic Print
Item#:
MES18694
Height:
1469px
Width:
966px
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