Hubert Work

Hubert Work
47th United States Postmaster General
In office March 4, 1922 – February 27, 1923
President	Warren G. Harding
Preceded by	Will H. Hays
Succeeded by	Harry S. New
29th United States Secretary of the Interior
In office March 5, 1923 – July 24, 1928
President	Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Albert B. Fall
Succeeded by	Roy O. West
Personal details
Born	(1860-07-03)July 3, 1860 Marion Center, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 14, 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 82) Denver, Colorado, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Laura M. Arbuckle
Alma mater	University of Pennsylvania
Profession	Politician, Medical Doctor
Military service
Service/branch	United States Army
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	Medical Corps
Battles/wars	World War I

Hubert Work (July 3, 1860 – December 14, 1942) was a U.S. administrator and physician. He served as the Postmaster General between 1922 and 1923 in the presidency of Warren G. Harding. He then served as the Secretary of the Interior from 1923-1928 during the administration of Calvin Coolidge.

Work was born in Marion Center, Pennsylvania. Attended medical school at the University of Michigan from 1882-1883, but ultimately received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1885. He settled in Colorado and founded Woodcroft Hospital in Pueblo in 1896. In 1921–22, Work served as president of the American Medical Association.

Work was active in the Republican Party, having served as the Colorado state chairman in 1912. In 1914, Work ran unsuccessfully in a special election for the United States Senate having been defeated by the Democrat Charles Spalding Thomas, later the governor of Colorado. Work polled 98,728 votes (39 percent) in a multi-candidate to field to Thomas' 102,037 ballots (40.3 percent). This was Colorado's first Senate election by popular vote under the Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

He was a Colorado delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920, and he chaired the Republican National Committee from 1928 to 1929.

During World War I, Work served in the U.S. Army in the Medical Corps and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel.

Work served as the U.S. Assistant Postmaster General from 1921 to 1922 and Postmaster General from 1922 to 1923, under President Harding. He also served as U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1923 to 1928, under both Harding and Coolidge. During Work's tenure as Secretary of the Interior, American citizenship was formally granted to Native Americans.

He died in Denver and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

External links

• Media related to Hubert Work at Wikimedia Commons
• Hubert Work biography at americanpresident.org
• Photographs of Hubert Work's Gravestone
• Hubert Work papers at the Hoover Institution Archives

Political offices
Preceded by Will H. Hays	United States Postmaster General Served under: Warren G. Harding March 4, 1922 – March 4, 1923	Succeeded by Harry Stewart New
Preceded by Albert B. Fall	U.S. Secretary of the Interior Served under: Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge March 5, 1923 – July 24, 1928	Succeeded by Roy Owen West
Party political offices
Preceded by William M. Butler	Chairman of the Republican National Committee 1928 – 1929	Succeeded by Claudius H. Huston