# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-railsback
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:36:29.611Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-railsback"
name: "Tom Railsback"
slug: "tom-railsback"
description: "Thomas Fisher Railsback was an American politician and lawyer who served eight terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983 for Illinois's 19th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party, he sat on the House Judiciary Committee, which in 1974, voted to refer articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon to the full House."
tagline: "American politician (1932-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Railsback.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1932-01-22"
deathDate: "2020-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.17
  momentum:             0.2366863905325444
  historical:           5.272894666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Railsback"
    title: "Tom Railsback"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "توم رايلسباك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%A7%DA%A9"
    title: "توم رایلسباک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Railsback"
    title: "Tom Railsback"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Railsback"
    title: "Tom Railsback"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Railsback"
    title: "Tom Railsback"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7817321"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump