"Republican National Committee" Hubert Work Signed TLS Dated 1928 COA For Sale

HubertWork(July 3, 1860–December 14, 1942) was aU.S.administratorandphysician. He served as theUnited States PostmasterGeneralfrom 1922 until 1923 during the presidency ofWarren G. Harding. He served as theUnited StatesSecretary of the Interiorfrom 1923 until 1928 during theadministrations of Warren G. Harding andCalvin Coolidge. Work was born inMarion Center, Pennsylvania,to Tabitha Van Horn and Moses Thompson Work. He attended medical school attheUniversity of Michiganfrom1882 to 1883 and received anM.D.from theUniversity of Pennsylvaniain1885. He settled inColoradoand founded WoodcroftHospital inPueblo, Colorado, in 1896.Work was active in theRepublican Partyandserved as the Colorado state chairman in 1912. In 1914, Work ran unsuccessfullyin aspecial electionfortheUnited States Senate. Hewas defeated byDemocratCharles S. Thomas, laterthegovernor of Colorado. Workreceived 98,728 votes (39 percent) compared to Thomas' 102,037 ballots (40.3percent). This was Colorado's first Senate election by popular vote undertheSeventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.DuringWorld War I, Work served in theU.S. ArmyMedicalCorps and attained the rank oflieutenant colonel. From1921 to 1922, Work served as the president of theAmerican Medical Association.He was the Colorado delegate to theRepublican National Conventionin1920 and was chairman of theRepublican National Committeefrom1928 to 1929. Work served as theU.S. Assistant Postmaster Generalfrom 1921 to 1922, andas theU.S. Postmaster Generalfrom1922 to 1923 underPresidentHarding.He served as theU.S. Secretaryof the Interiorfrom 1923 to 1928, under the administrations ofPresidentWarren G. HardingandCalvin Coolidge. During Work's tenure as the Secretary of theInterior,American citizenshipwasformally granted to theNative Americansin the United States. He resigned from theDepartment ofthe Interioron July 24, 1928, and was replaced byRoy O. West. He was the first physician to serve in the U.S.Cabinet.[2][3]