[2] There he attended Gould, Hebron, and North Yarmouth Academies for his primary education.

[1] Bean attended Gould Academy from 1874 to 1878 before spending six years as a teacher.

[2] Later he studied law under Maine Supreme Court justice Enoch Foster and was admitted to the bar in 1881.

[1] In November 1910, Bean was elected to the Oregon Supreme Court where he would serve until his death.

[4] His thirty years on the bench made him the longest-serving justice on the court until co-worker George Rossman earned that distinction.