Robert James Corbett (August 25, 1905 – April 25, 1971) was a

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member of the U.S. House of Representatives from

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Robert Corbett was born in

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near

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. He was the brother of the interim Governor of Guam William Corbett. He graduated from

Allegheny College he, תגל ערבה ותפרח כחבצלת , mottoeng = "Add to your faith, virtue and to your faith, knowledge" (2 Peter 1:5)"The desert shall rejoice and the blossom as the rose" (Isaiah 35:1) , faculty = 193 ...

in Meadville, Pennsylvania in 1927 and from the

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in 1929. He worked as senior high-school instructor at

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from 1929 to 1938, and as an instructor in the Pittsburgh Academy Evening School in 1938. He was elected as a Republican to the 76th United States Congress in 1938, but was unsuccessful candidate for reelection in

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. After his defeat he served on the staff of Senator James J. Davis in Pittsburgh. He was elected Sheriff of Allegheny County (Pittsburgh) and served from 1942 to 1944. He was elected to the

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and served from January 3, 1945, until his death from a heart attack in

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on April 25, 1971. Corbett voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,

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, and

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, as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Robert J. 1905 births 1971 deaths Politicians from Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh alumni Allegheny College alumni Allegheny County Sheriff People from Coraopolis, Pennsylvania Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania 20th-century American politicians

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