Don Saltsman

{{Short description|American politician}}

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|state_house = Illinois

|district = 92nd

|term_start = 1981

|term_end = 1997

|predecessor = Mary Lou Sumner

|successor = Ricca Slone

|birth_date = December 15, 1933

|birth_place = Peoria, Illinois

|death_date = July 3, 2014

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|party = Democratic Party

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|alma_mater = Illinois Central College
University of Illinois

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Donald L. Saltsman (December 15, 1933 – July 3, 2014){{cite web | url = http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Donald-Saltsman&pid=171606469 | title = Donald L. Saltsman | publisher = Service Corporation International | location = Houston, Texas | accessdate = 2014-08-17 }} was an American politician from Peoria, Illinois.{{cite news|last=Bruch|first=Thomas|title=Don Saltsman, longtime Peoria state rep, dies at 80|date=July 3, 2014|newspaper=Journal Star|location=Peoria, Illinois|url= http://www.pjstar.com/article/20140703/NEWS/140709595 |accessdate=July 13, 2014}}

Born in Peoria, Illinois, Saltsman went to Illinois Central College and the University of Illinois.{{cite book | url = http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/41023 | title = Illinois Blue Book, 1995-1996 | section = Representative, 92nd District: Donald L. Saltsman, D - Peoria | page = 111 | publisher = Illinois Secretary of State | location = Springfield, Illinois }} He was a firefighter for the City of Peoria from 1956 to 1984. For 12 years he served as the President of Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois Local 50, the union representing Peoria fire fighters.

Saltsman was elected to the 92nd District seat of the Illinois House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1980, taking office in 1981 and remaining until he was narrowly defeated in the 1996 Democratic primary election by Ricca Slone.

He died in Peoria, Illinois and buried at Peoria's Resurrection Mausoleum.