What is Tom Railsback?
{{Infobox Congressman | honorific-prefix = | name = Thomas F. Railsback | honorific-suffix = | image = Tom Railsback.jpg | alt = | state1 = [[Illinois]] | district1 = [[Illinois's 19th congressional district|19th]] | term_start1 =January 3, 1967 | term_end1 = January 3, 1983 | preceded1 = [[Gale Schisler]] | succeeded1 = [[Lane Evans]] | office2 = Member of the [[Illinois House of Representatives]] | term_start2 = 1962 | term_end2 = 1966 | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|1|22}} | birth_place = [[Moline, Illinois]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2020|1|20|1932|1|22}} | death_place = [[Mesa, Arizona]], U.S. | nationality = [[United States|American]] | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]}} '''Thomas Fisher Railsback''' (January 22, 1932 – January 20, 2020) was an American [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician. He served eight terms in the [[United States Congress]] from 1967 to 1983 for {{ushr|Illinois|19|}} in [[Moline, Illinois|Moline]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000012|title=Profile: Thomas Fisher RAILSBACK|publisher=Biographical Directory of the United States Congress|access-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> He was known for being one of the few Republicans to support the [[Impeachment process against Richard Nixon|impeachment]] of [[Richard Nixon]]. Railsback died on January 20, 2020, in [[Mesa, Arizona]] from a long-illness at the age of 87.<ref>{{cite web | last1=McCann | first1=Herbert G. | title=GOP congressman who backed Nixon impeachment dead at 87 | url=https://apnews.com/1d58c85bccda9a23ed5c0254f4f6edf3 | date=January 21, 2020 | work=[[Associated Press]] | access-date=January 21, 2020}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000012 Biographical Directory of the United States Congress] * [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/rae-raines.html Political Graveyard] {{DEFAULTSORT:Railsback, Tom}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2020