Talio Pouli Magalei (8 March 1918 â 4 July 1978) was an American Samoan judge and politician. He served three terms in the Senate during the 1970s.
Magalei became a village judge and also temporarily served on the High Court. During World War II he joined the US Marine Corps as a medical surveyor.
In the 1972 elections he was elected to the Senate, and was subsequently re-elected in 1974 and 1976. He died in 1978 at the age of 60.