Don Sallee Explained

Don Sallee
State Senate:Kansas
District:1st
Term Start:1989
Term End:1997
Predecessor:Edward Francis Gordon
Successor:Edward Pugh
State House1:Kansas
District1:49th
Term Start1:1983
Term End1:1989
Predecessor1:Edward Francis Gordon
Birth Date:March 17, 1933[1]
Birth Place:Troy, Kansas[2]
Death Date:August 27, 2019
Death Place:Troy, Kansas
Party:Republican
Spouse:Jean Thornton
Children:2
Residence:Troy, Kansas

Don Sallee (March 17, 1933 - August 27, 2019) is an American former politician and attorney from Kansas who served as a member of both the Kansas House of Representatives and the Kansas Senate.

Sallee was born in Troy, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, after which he returned to Kansas, where he farmed and worked as an electrician.

In 1982, Sallee was elected to the Kansas House of Representatives, where he served 3 terms from 1983 to 1988. He was then elected to the Kansas State Senate in 1988 and re-elected in 1992 and 1996; in 1997, he resigned his seat to serve as a magistrate judge for Doniphan County. He retired from his judgeship in 1999 and founded a computer sales and service company.[1] Sallee died at his home in 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kansas Legislators, Past and Present - Sallee, Don . . kslib.info . State Library of Kansas . October 31, 2022.
  2. Web site: Don Sallee - Obituary . . harmonrohde.com . Harmon Rohde Funeral Home . October 31, 2022.