Don Sallee (March 17, 1933–August 27, 2019) is an American former politician and attorney from

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

who served as a member of both the

Kansas House of Representatives The Kansas House of Representatives is the lower house of the legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. Composed of 125 state representatives from districts with roughly equal populations of at least 19,000, its members are responsible for craftin ...

and the Kansas Senate. Sallee was born in Troy, Kansas. He served in the U.S. Army during the

Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

, after which he returned to Kansas, where he farmed and worked as an electrician. In 1982, Sallee was elected to the

, where he served 3 terms from 1983 to 1988. He was then elected to the

Kansas State Senate The Kansas Senate is the upper house of the Kansas Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. State of Kansas. It is composed of 40 senators elected from single-member districts, each with a population of at least 60,000 inhabitants. Members o ...

in 1988 and re-elected in 1992 and 1996; in 1997, he resigned his seat to serve as a

magistrate judge The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law. In ancient Rome, a '' magistratus'' was one of the highest ranking government officers, and possessed both judici ...

for

Doniphan County Doniphan County (county code DP) is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the county population was 7,510. Its county seat is Troy, Kansas, Troy, and its most pop ...

. He retired from his judgeship in 1999 and founded a computer sales and service company. Sallee died at his home in 2019.

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Republican Party Kansas state senators Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives People from Troy, Kansas 20th-century American legislators Kansas state court judges United States Army personnel of the Korean War 1933 births 2019 deaths {{Kansas-politician-stub