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Robert Corbett

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 25, 1905 in Avalon, PA
Died: April 25, 1971 in Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

  • Allegheny College, 1927
  • University of Pittsburgh, 1929

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1929-1938
  • Allegheny County sheriff, 1942-1944


Election Results for Robert Corbett


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 32 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 53,541 51.2%
1940 34 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 2 62,097 49.9%
1944 38 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 60,391 51.7%
1946 40 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 57,827 60.1%
1948 42 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 56,932 50.3%
1950 44 PA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 58,096 56.5%
1952 46 PA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 115,069 61.7%
1954 48 PA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 83,846 60.6%
1956 50 PA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 114,109 64.7%
1958 52 PA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 97,203 63.6%
1960 54 PA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 117,009 59.2%
1962 56 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 108,433 64.3%
1964 58 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 119,938 62.6%
1966 60 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,547 81.4%
1966 60 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 107,677 67.1%
1968 62 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 121,664 62.7%
1970 64 PA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 28,488 82.8%
1970 64 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 87,246 60.2%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Robert Corbett


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1939 33 House 81 12 D 89
1940 34 House 70 17 D 79
1945 39 House 56 28 D 78
1946 40 House 67 25 D 89
1947 41 House 74 24 D 98 33
1948 42 House 72 14 D 85 33
1949 43 House 52 33 D 82 38
1950 44 House 66 33 D 86 47
1951 45 House 61 33 D 88 50
1952 46 House 45 45 D 88 77
1953 47 House 66 29 R 84 94 56
1954 48 House 60 37 R 76 18 92 56
1955 49 House 58 39 R 73 24 97 67
1956 50 House 72 26 R 76 18 95 86
1957 51 House 47 44 R 72 25 93 78
1958 52 House 49 51 R 88 12 100 75
1959 53 House 36 46 48 50 R 72 26 95 67
1960 54 House 16 84 35 61 R 58 40 97 78
1961 55 House 52 48 53 41 D 65 32 96 60 31
1962 56 House 44 50 51 40 D 62 33 90 75 43
1963 57 House 60 33 62 31 D 48 41 89 50 67
1964 58 House 33 67 48 42 D 63 29 89 46 44
1965 59 House 41 57 44 47 D 67 25 92 26 69
1966 60 House 46 35 51 29 D 45 31 79 27 62
1967 61 House 56 35 57 30 D 53 28 83 47 58
1968 62 House 41 47 45 44 D 68 22 89 50 50
1969 63 House 64 36 51 40 R 68 28 86 20 53
1970 64 House 55 23 44 33 R 63 17 77 17 44
1971 65 House 9 2 R 2 4 6 25 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.