Tom Corbett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Tom Corbett

Governor of Pennsylvania

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1949

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Profession: lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Tom Corbett

  • Thomas Wingett Corbett Jr.
  • (born June 17, 1949) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 46th governor of Pennsylvania from January 18, 2011 to January 20, 2015.
  • He is a member of the Republican Party. Born in Philadelphia, Corbett is a graduate of Lebanon Valley College and St.
  • Mary's University School of Law and served as a captain in the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
  • Corbett began his career as an assistant district attorney in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1976.
  • Corbett then joined the U.S.
  • Department of Justice as an assistant U.S.
  • Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, serving from 1980 to 1983, upon entering private practice.
  • In 1988 Corbett was first elected to public office as a Commissioner in the Pittsburgh suburb of Shaler, before serving as the United States Attorney for Western Pennsylvania from 1989 to 1993 in the George H.
  • W.
  • Bush administration. In 1995, Corbett was appointed to fill the remainder of Ernie Preate's term as Attorney General of Pennsylvania, until 1997.
  • Corbett then reentered private practice and worked as the general counsel for Waste Management, Inc before being elected Attorney General of Pennsylvania in 2004.
  • Corbett was then elected to a second term in 2008, serving a total of two non-consecutive tenures as attorney general from 1995 to 1997, and 2005 to 2011. Corbett declared his candidacy for governor in March 2009.
  • He won the Republican nomination and defeated Democratic nominee Dan Onorato, with 54.5% of the vote in the 2010 general election.
  • He was sworn into office on January 18, 2011.
  • On November 8, 2013 he announced his intention to run for a second term as the state's chief executive.
  • Corbett lost his bid for a second term to Democrat Tom Wolf in the November 4, 2014 general election.
  • This election marked the first time an incumbent Governor running for re-election in Pennsylvania lost since William Bigler in 1854.

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