Biography

02/12/1826 - 02/05/1895

Judge William Lucas Corbett (D38) Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties 1877-1878

Early Life:

Judge William Lucas Corbett, born February 12, 1826, Clarion Township, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; son of Isaac and Margaret Lucas Corbett; father died, engaged, family farm at fourteen, 1840; Clarion Academy, 1844; registered as a law student, office of D. W. Foster, Clarion; admitted, Clarion County bar, 1847; attorney; deputy attorney general, Clarion County, 1847-1850; private practice, 1850-1890; delegate, Democratic National Convention, 1868; delegate at large, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872-1873; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1877-1878 session; defeated for reelection; President Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District, 1885; died, February 5, 1895, Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania; interment Clarion Cemetery, Clarion, Clarion County, Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania Politics:

Deputy Attorney General, Clarion County, 1847-1850.

Delegate, Democratic National Convention, nominated, Horatio Seymour for President, 1868.

Delegate at large, Pennsylvania State Constitutional Convention, 1872-1873.

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 38th district, Cameron, Clarion, Elk, Forest Counties, 1877-1878; committee assignments, Constitutional Reform, Federal Relations, Judiciary (Local), Vice and Immorality.

Appointed, Governor Robert Emory Pattison, President Judge, Eighteenth Judicial District, succeeded, Judge James G. Knox, deceased.

Cited:

Cox, Harold "Senate Members "C". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Smull’s Legislative Handbook, (1878) Smull, J.A., (Editor) Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pages 657, 662-665, Biographical Sketches of Senators, page 621.

William Lucas Corbett (1826-1895) - Find a Grave Memorial