| Eugene G. Saloom | |
| State House: | Pennsylvania |
| District: | 59th |
| Term Start: | January 7, 1969 |
| Term End: | November 30, 1976 |
| Predecessor: | District created |
| Successor: | Jess Stairs |
| State House2: | Pennsylvania |
| District2: | 26th |
| Term Start2: | January 4, 1983 |
| Term End2: | November 30, 1992 |
| Predecessor2: | Michael Dawida |
| Successor2: | Tim Hennessey |
| State House3: | Pennsylvania |
| District3: | Westmoreland County |
| Term Start3: | January 2, 1967 |
| Term End3: | November 30, 1968 |
| Birth Date: | 22 September 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Somerset, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Party: | Democrat (changed in 1975) |
| Profession: | Funeral director |
| Spouse: | Nancy Newill[1] |
Eugene G. Saloom (September 22, 1934 – May 15, 2022) was an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 26th District. Prior to that, he represented the 59th District in southeastern Pennsylvania.[2]
Born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on September 22, 1934,[3] Saloom operated a funeral home in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania from 1960 through 2004.
A member of the Mount Pleasant School Board during the early days of his public service career, Saloom was subsequently elected to Pennsylvania House of Representatives, where he represented the 59th District in southeastern Pennsylvania and then the 26th District.
During his tenure, he served as the House Liquor Control Committee Chairman[4] and was a staunch advocate for raising the speed limit to sixty-five miles-per-hour on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.[5]
Saloom ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the House of Representatives in 1992.[6]
Saloom died from heart failure on May 15, 2022 at a hospital in Somerset, Pennsylvania.[7]