Louis Elmer Bean (November 21, 1867 - July 6, 1929) was an American politician who served in the Oregon State Senate between 1911 and 1915, and the Oregon House of Representatives between 1909 and 1911, and again between 1917 and 1923, where he served as speaker of between 1921 and 1923.
Bean was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 1908, as a Republican from Lane County.
[2] He left the House when his term ended to be a state senator.
Bean was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1910, as a Republican from Lane County.
[1] During his final term, he was elected speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives.