Samuel Lane Jean (born November 10, 1958) is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 2, which includes parts of Lafayette, Miller, and Columbia counties in south Arkansas. He has held the District 2 seat since January 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he was the representative for District 4. He was elected in 2012 by his colleagues as the House Republican Whip under then Majority Leader Bruce Westerman of Hot Springs and subsequent Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives Davy Carter of Cabot in Lonoke County, who was elected as the presiding officer of the House in 2013.