Alfred Hoyt Corbett (July 22, 1915 – November 10, 2000) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician in the state of Oregon.

Born into one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Oregon, he attended Harvard University and then Yale Law School.

[1][2][3][4] Corbett served in the United States Army during World War II, entering military service in January 1943.

[1][2][4][5] Back in Portland, Corbett worked as an attorney for the law firm of Koerner, Young, Swett and McCulloch.

[7] In 1951, Corbett was appointed as the assistant general counsel for the Defense Electric Power Administration in Washington, District of Columbia.

The agency was part of the Department of Interior and was responsible for preparing the electric power industry for civil defense emergencies.

While working at the agency, Corbett was approved to practice law before the United States Supreme Court.

Corbett was appointed to fill the vacant seat in Oregon's State House of Representatives,[10][12] serving in the 1953 regular session.

[20] As a senator, Corbett served as co-chairman of the legislature's powerful Joint Ways and Means Committee.

[4] Corbett left the senate in 1964 to run for Secretary of State, Oregon's second-highest elective office.

[11] While he won the Democratic primary, he lost the general election to Tom McCall, a popular Republican who later became governor of Oregon.

[1] Corbett's papers on his work at the Office of Economic Opportunity and the Legal Services Corporation are preserved in the National Equal Justice Library archives at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

The collection contains a wide range of documents including program budgets, management reports, official letters, memorandums, handwritten notes, and newspaper clippings.