Hubert Work

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Hubert Work

Hubert Work (born July 3, 1860 in Marion Center , Indiana County , Pennsylvania , †  December 14, 1942 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American Republican Party politician who was a member of the US Cabinet from 1922 to 1928 .

Work completed his medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania in 1885 as Dr. med. from. He settled in Colorado and founded Woodcroft Hospital in Pueblo there in 1896 . During World War I he was a member of the US Army Medical Corps and held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel . In 1920 he was president of the American Medical Association .

Politically, Hubert Work rose first within the Republican Party, whose section in Colorado he headed in 1912. In 1920 he was a member of his state's delegation to the Republican National Convention ; the Republican National Committee he was from 1928 to 1929 as chairman .

In 1914 Work stood in a by-election to the US Senate , but was defeated by the Democrat Charles S. Thomas , who later also became governor of Colorado. Work received 39 percent of the vote, Thomas 40.3 percent. This was the first time in Colorado that a senator was popularly elected based on the 17th Amendment .

US President Warren G. Harding appointed Hubert Work 1922 as Postmaster General (Postmaster General) in his Cabinet . In 1923 he moved to the office of US Secretary of the Interior ; he held this post even after Harding died and Calvin Coolidge had succeeded him until 1928. During his time as Secretary of the Interior, it became the norm for Indians to receive American citizenship .

Hubert Work died in Colorado in 1942 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

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SURNAME Work, Hubert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 3, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Marion Center , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1942
Place of death Denver , Colorado