16 Facts About Hubert Work

Hubert Work was a US administrator and physician.

Hubert Work served as the United States Postmaster General from 1922 until 1923 during the presidency of Warren G Harding.

Hubert Work served as the United States Secretary of the Interior from 1923 until 1928 during the administrations of Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

Hubert Work settled in Colorado and founded Woodcroft Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado, in 1896.

Hubert Work was active in the Republican Party and served as the Colorado state chairman in 1912.

In 1914, Hubert Work ran unsuccessfully in a special election for the United States Senate.

Hubert Work was defeated by Democrat Charles S Thomas, later the governor of Colorado.

Hubert Work received 98,728 votes compared to Thomas' 102,037 ballots.

From 1921 to 1922, Hubert Work served as the president of the American Medical Association.

Hubert Work was the Colorado delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1920 and was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1928 to 1929.

Hubert Work served as the US Assistant Postmaster General from 1921 to 1922, and as the US Postmaster General from 1922 to 1923 under President Harding.

Hubert Work served as the US Secretary of the Interior from 1923 to 1928, under the administrations of President Warren G Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

Hubert Work resigned from the Department of the Interior on July 24,1928, and was replaced by Roy O West.

Hubert Work was the first physician to serve in the US Cabinet.

In 1887, Work married Laura M Arbuckle, with whom he had three children: Philip, Dorcas "Doris" Logan, and Robert Van Horn Work.

Hubert Work was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, next to his first wife.