found: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed Mar. 9, 2015(Corbett, Robert James, Representative from Pennsylvania; b. Avalon (Pittsburgh), Pa., August 25, 1905; attended the public schools; was graduated from Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa., in 1927 and from University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1929; senior high-school instructor at Coraopolis, Pa., 1929-1938; instructor in the Pittsburgh (Pa.) Academy Evening School in 1938; elected as a Republican to 76th Congress (Jan. 3, 1939-Jan. 3, 1941); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1940 to 77th Congress; served on the staff of Senator James J. Davis in Pittsburgh; sheriff of Allegheny County, Pa., 1942-1944; elected to 79th and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses and served from Jan. 3, 1945, until his death in Pittsburgh, Pa., April 25, 1971; interment in Union Dale Cemetery)
