Tom Railsback (born 1932), served in the United States Congress from 1967 to 1983 for Moline, Illinois
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Harold Railsback, football coach for the Eastern Illinois University Panthers in Charleston, Illinois, USA
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Steve Railsback (born 1945), American theatre, film and television actor, born in Dallas, Texas
Railsback was upset by conservative State Senator Kenneth McMillan in the Republican primary, and Evans defeated McMillan in November, and appointed Hare as district director.