Hubert Work | |
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| Chair of theRepublican National Committee | |
| In office July 24, 1928 – September 9, 1929 | |
| Preceded by | William M. Butler |
| Succeeded by | Claudius H. Huston |
| 29thUnited States Secretary of the Interior | |
| In office March 4, 1923 – July 24, 1928 | |
| President | Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Albert B. Fall |
| Succeeded by | Roy Owen West |
| 47thUnited States Postmaster General | |
| In office March 4, 1922 – March 4, 1923 | |
| President | Warren G. Harding |
| Preceded by | Will H. Hays |
| Succeeded by | Harry Stewart New |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1860-07-03)July 3, 1860 |
| Died | December 14, 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 82) Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Indiana University of Pennsylvania (BA) University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania (MD) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | United States |
| Branch/service | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1917–1919 |
| Rank | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Unit | United States Army Medical Corps |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 – December 14, 1942) was an American politician andphysician. He served as theUnited States Postmaster General from 1922 until 1923 during the presidency ofWarren G. Harding. He served as theUnited States Secretary of the Interior from 1923 until 1928 during the administrations of Warren G. Harding andCalvin Coolidge.
Work was born inMarion Center, Pennsylvania, to Tabitha Van Horn and Moses Thompson Work. He attended medical school at theUniversity of Michigan from 1882 to 1883 and received anM.D. from theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 1885. He settled inColorado and founded Woodcroft Hospital inPueblo, Colorado, in 1896.
Work was active in theRepublican Party and served as the Colorado state chairman in 1912. In1914, Work ran unsuccessfully in aspecial election for theUnited States Senate. He was defeated byDemocratCharles S. Thomas, later thegovernor of Colorado.
Work received 98,728 votes (39 percent) compared to Thomas' 102,037 ballots (40.3 percent). This was Colorado's first Senate election by popular vote under theSeventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. DuringWorld War I, Work served in theU.S. Army Medical Corps and attained the rank oflieutenant colonel.
From 1921 to 1922,[1] Work served as the president of theAmerican Medical Association. He was the Colorado delegate to theRepublican National Convention in 1920 and was chairman of theRepublican National Committee from 1928 to 1929.
Work served as theU.S. Assistant Postmaster General from 1921 to 1922, and as theU.S. Postmaster General from 1922 to 1923 underPresident Harding. He served as theU.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1923 to 1928, under the administrations of PresidentWarren G. Harding andCalvin Coolidge. During Work's tenure as the Secretary of the Interior,American citizenship was formally granted to theNative Americans in the United States. He resigned from theDepartment of the Interior on July 24, 1928, and was replaced byRoy O. West. He was the first physician to serve in the U.S. Cabinet.[2][3]
In 1887, Work married Laura M. Arbuckle, with whom he had three children: Philip, Dorcas "Doris" Logan, and Robert Van Horn Work. Work's first wife died and he married the former Ethel Reed Gano in 1933.
Work died inDenver, Colorado, on December 14, 1942. He was buried inArlington National Cemetery inArlington, Virginia, next to his first wife.
| Party political offices | ||
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| First | Republican nominee forU.S. Senator fromColorado (Class 3) 1914 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theRepublican National Committee 1928–1929 | Succeeded by |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded by | United States Postmaster General 1922–1923 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | United States Secretary of the Interior 1923–1928 | Succeeded by |