[1] Hare returned to Oregon, passed the bar, and was admitted to practice on August 21, 1907, by the state supreme court in Salem.

[1] His father, William Davenport Hare, served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as mayor of Hillsboro.

[2] William was elected as a Republican to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1914 to serve Hillsboro and Washington County in District 15.

[7] Hare was a member of the Knights of Pythias, the Masons, the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Odd Fellows, and the Rotary Club.

[8] William Gilman Hare died on November 25, 1971, at the age of 89 at Tuality Community Hospital in Hillsboro.