Robert Earl Tanner (September 5, 1930 – October 30, 2024) was an American politician from the state of Wyoming.
He served as a Republican member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001.
[1] Tanner was born in Hot Springs, South Dakota, on September 5, 1930, and moved to Wyoming at the age of six.
He graduated from high school in Newcastle in 1948 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1951.
Tanner was a teacher until 1969, having received bachelor's and master's degrees in education from the Black Hills Teachers College and the University of Wyoming, respectively.