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Tom Corbett

Tom Corbett
Governor Corbett cropped portrait May 2014.jpg
46th Governor of Pennsylvania
In office
January 18, 2011 – January 20, 2015
Lieutenant Jim Cawley
Preceded by Ed Rendell
Succeeded by Tom Wolf
Pennsylvania Attorney General
In office
January 18, 2005 – January 18, 2011
Preceded by Jerry Pappert
Succeeded by William Ryan (Acting)
In office
October 3, 1995 – January 22, 1997
Appointed by Tom Ridge
Preceded by Ernie Preate
Succeeded by Mike Fisher
U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania
In office
November 30, 1989 – May 1, 1993
President George H. W. Bush
Preceded by Charles Sheehy (Acting)
Succeeded by Frederick Thieman
Personal details
Born Thomas Wingett Corbett, Jr.
(1949-06-17) June 17, 1949 (age 67)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Susan Manbeck (1972–present)
Children 2
Education Lebanon Valley College (B.A)
St. Mary's University, Texas (J.D.)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance  United States
Service/branch  Army National Guard
Years of service 1971–1984
Rank US-O3 insignia.svg Captain
Unit 28th Infantry Division
Pennsylvania Army National Guard

Thomas Wingett "Tom" 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.


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