Larry David Salmans (November 17, 1937 – January 23, 2022) was an American politician. Salmans was born in

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, and raised in

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. He graduated from

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with a double major in psychology and biology in 1960. Salmans served in the United States Air Force from 1960 until 1969. He worked in the bank business, farming, and as a forensic psychologist in Hanston, Kansas. He served on the local school board in Hanston, Kansas. Salmans then served in the

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from 1997 to 2005 and was a Republican. He died in

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