Eli Bebout
| Eli Bebout | |
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| Member of the Wyoming Senate from the 26th district |
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Assumed office January 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Bob Peck |
| 55th Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives | |
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In office January 1999 – January 2001 |
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| Preceded by | Bruce Hinchey |
| Succeeded by | Rick Tempest |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 14, 1946 Rawlins, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 1994) Republican (1994–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Lorraine Bebout |
| Children | Jordan Joseph Reagen Marie Taggert Hugh |
| Alma mater |
United States Air Force Academy University of Wyoming |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Air Force
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| Unit | Air Force Reserve Command |
Eli Daniel Bebout (born October 14, 1946) is a veteran Wyoming politician and a member of the Wyoming State Senate. He represents District 26 from Riverton, in Fremont County in the central portion of the state. A Republican, Bebout is a former member of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Speaker of the House, and his party's nominee for governor in the 2002 general election. He was chosen state senator on a 4-0 vote by the Fremont County Commission to succeed Senator Robert A. "Bob" Peck (October 7, 1924 – March 6, 2007).
Bebout graduated from Shoshoni High School in Fremont County and entered the United States Air Force Academy in June 1964. He left the academy in 1967 without graduating. He resigned after complaints surfaced that he had violated the honor code by covering for the presence of some absent cadets and by allowing questionable tutoring practices. Thereafter, he obtained a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the University of Wyoming at Laramie, his state's only four-year degree-granting institution. He served in the Air Force Reserve but was not called to active duty during the Vietnam War.
Bebout owns a water, oil and natural gas drilling company, a construction company, and a farm and ranch operation. He is president of Nucor Oil and Gas, Inc., in Riverton. He is chairman of the Wyoming Business Alliance and the Wyoming Heritage Foundation, and he is affiliated with the trade association, the Independent Petroleum Association of America. He is also a member of the National Republican Legislators Association.
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