Education
From Staples, Minnesota, Sams graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in agriculture education.
From Staples, Minnesota, Sams graduated from University of Minnesota with a degree in agriculture education.
He was a farmer and farm business management instructor. He died in Saint Paul, Minnesota from brain cancer.
From 1991-2006, he served in the Minnesota State Senate as a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.