Given the question: Facts: - profession: banker business executive - death place: hillsborough , new hampshire - order: 44th - successor: charles a. busiel - party: republican - death date: august 10 , 1914 -lrb- aged 76 -rrb- - predecessor: hiram a. tuttle - office: governor of new hampshire - spouse: emma lavender - term end: january 3 , 1895 - term start: january 5 , 1893 - birth date: april 12 , 1838 - name: john butler smith - image: john butler smith.jpg - birth place: saxtons river , vermont - religion: congregationalist Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john butler smith .
The answer is:
john butler smith -lrb- april 12 , 1838 -- august 10 , 1914 -rrb- was an american manufacturer and republican politician from hillsborough , new hampshire who served as governor for two years .