Rep. Thomas Railsback

Former Representative from Illinois’s 19^th District

Republican

Elected Positions

Dates	Title	State / District
1967-1982	Representative	Illinois's 19^th District

Sponsorship Analysis

Our unique analysis of the bills Railsback sponsored and cosponsored provides insight into his position in the House of Representatives.

Each dot in the chart below is a member of the House of Representatives. The dots are positioned horizontally according to our progressive—conservative ideology score and vertically according to our leadership score (leaders toward the top). Railsback is shown as a purple triangle. (analysis methodology)

Bills Sponsored

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Voting Record

From Jan 1967 to Dec 1982, Railsback missed 1,034 of 7,526 roll call votes, which is 13.7%. This is worse than the median of 7.1% among the lifetime records of representatives serving in Dec 1982. The chart below reports missed votes over time.

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Time Period	Votes Elligible	Missed Votes	Percent	Percentile
1967 Jan-Mar	31	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Apr-Jun	57	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Jul-Sep	59	0	0.0%	0^th
1967 Oct-Dec	97	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Jan-Mar	38	0	0.0%	0^th
1968 Apr-Jun	79	1	1.3%	46^th
1968 Jul-Sep	91	1	1.1%	22^nd
1968 Oct-Oct	25	6	24.0%	86^th
1969 Jan-Mar	16	1	6.3%	56^th
1969 Apr-Jun	28	7	25.0%	91^st
1969 Jul-Sep	45	3	6.7%	44^th
1969 Oct-Dec	88	13	14.8%	73^rd
1970 Jan-Mar	35	3	8.6%	47^th
1970 Apr-Jun	74	24	32.4%	87^th
1970 Jul-Sep	76	6	7.9%	37^th
1970 Oct-Dec	81	17	21.0%	74^th
1971 Jan-Mar	22	0	0.0%	0^th
1971 Apr-Jun	90	23	25.6%	93^rd
1971 Jul-Sep	73	9	12.3%	69^th
1971 Oct-Dec	133	29	21.8%	84^th
1972 Jan-Mar	64	10	15.6%	75^th
1972 Apr-Jun	114	21	18.4%	74^th
1972 Jul-Sep	101	25	24.8%	88^th
1972 Oct-Oct	50	7	14.0%	56^th
1973 Jan-Mar	36	3	8.3%	57^th
1973 Apr-Jun	189	37	19.6%	89^th
1973 Jul-Sep	130	8	6.2%	59^th
1973 Oct-Dec	180	26	14.4%	85^th
1974 Jan-Mar	78	7	9.0%	55^th
1974 Apr-Jun	170	14	8.2%	44^th
1974 Jul-Sep	148	15	10.1%	82^nd
1974 Oct-Dec	141	18	12.8%	68^th
1975 Jan-Mar	68	13	19.1%	93^rd
1975 Apr-Jun	199	35	17.6%	94^th
1975 Jul-Sep	146	14	9.6%	73^rd
1975 Oct-Dec	191	20	10.5%	82^nd
1976 Jan-Mar	106	7	6.6%	58^th
1976 Apr-Jun	267	53	19.9%	89^th
1976 Jul-Sep	280	18	6.4%	55^th
1976 Oct-Oct	7	1	14.3%	72^nd
1977 Jan-Mar	100	27	27.0%	98^th
1977 Apr-Jun	273	61	22.3%	97^th
1977 Jul-Sep	198	20	10.1%	75^th
1977 Oct-Dec	134	20	14.9%	87^th
1978 Jan-Mar	150	1	0.7%	6^th
1978 Apr-Jun	300	32	10.7%	67^th
1978 Jul-Sep	308	37	12.0%	70^th
1978 Oct-Oct	75	14	18.7%	88^th
1979 Jan-Mar	63	4	6.3%	65^th
1979 Apr-Jun	220	20	9.1%	66^th
1979 Jul-Sep	198	30	15.2%	86^th
1979 Oct-Dec	190	24	12.6%	70^th
1980 Jan-Mar	148	18	12.2%	69^th
1980 Apr-Jun	197	43	21.8%	93^rd
1980 Jul-Sep	192	37	19.3%	91^st
1980 Oct-Dec	67	9	13.4%	60^th
1981 Jan-Mar	14	1	7.1%	45^th
1981 Apr-Jun	89	15	16.9%	84^th
1981 Jul-Sep	106	12	11.3%	80^th
1981 Oct-Dec	142	11	7.7%	57^th
1982 Feb-Mar	48	8	16.7%	74^th
1982 Apr-Jun	119	8	6.7%	61^st
1982 Jul-Sep	193	37	19.2%	86^th
1982 Oct-Dec	99	50	50.5%	96^th

Primary Sources

The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:

Congressional Biographical Directory for elected positions
United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
THOMAS, for sponsored bills

Recent Legislative Activity

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Railsback [R-IL19, 1967-1982] leaves office as Representative for Illinois's 19th congressional district

Dec 23, 1982

Elections and Offices

Rep. Thomas Railsback [R-IL19, 1967-1982] takes office as Representative for Illinois's 19th congressional district

Jan 10, 1967