Please answer the following question: Facts: - order: 18th - successor: lester c. hunt - death date: 5 july 1976 - predecessor: leslie a. miller - office: governor of wyoming - term end: jan 4 , 1943 mdy - term start: jan 2 , 1939 mdy - birth date: 27 august 1884 - name: nels smith - birth place: gayville , south dakota Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of nels h. smith .
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nels hansen smith -lrb- august 27 , 1884 -- july 5 , 1976 -rrb- was an american politician who served as the 18th governor of wyoming from 1939 until 1943 .he was a republican .born and reared in gayville , south dakota , smith moved to wyoming in 1907 and subsequently was elected to the wyoming house of representatives for the fifteenth state legislature .he lived in crook county .he lost the 1942 election to lester hunt , a democrat .