Dallas Sams

{{Short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Dallas Sams

| birth_name = Dallas C. Sams

| birth_date = {{birth date|1952|8|30}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|3|5|1952|8|30}}

| alma_mater = University of Minnesota

| death_place = Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.

| party = Democratic-Farmer-Labor

| office = Minnesota State Senator

| constituency = 12th district (1991-1993)
11th district (1993-2007)

| termend = January 2, 2007

| termstart = January 8, 1991

| succeeded = Bill Ingebrigtsen

| predecessor = Don Anderson

}}

Dallas C. Sams (August 30, 1952 – March 5, 2007) was an American politician and farmer.

From Staples, Minnesota, Sams graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in agriculture education. He was a farmer and farm business management instructor. From 1991 to 2006, he served in the Minnesota State Senate as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He died in St. Paul, Minnesota from brain cancer.{{Cite web|title=Former Sen. Dallas Sams dies of cancer|url=https://www.mprnews.org/story/2007/03/05/samsdies|access-date=2020-07-31|website=MPR News}}{{Cite web|title=Sams, Dallas C. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10582|access-date=2020-07-31|website=www.leg.state.mn.us}}