Remembering A Congressman Who Bucked His Party On An Impeachment
Tom Railsback, former Republican representative from Illinois who died this week at age 87, played a memorable role in the impeachment process of President Richard Nixon.
by Scott Simon
Jan 25, 2020
1 minute
When I met Tom Railsback a few years ago, he told me he'd worried about going to a Chamber of Commerce meeting in Peoria in the fall of 1974.
Tom Railsback of Illinois was a middle-aged Republican congressman from the middle of
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