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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Neks Jensen Smith
|office=[[Wyoming]] House Speaker
|term_start=1977
|term_end=1979
|office2=Wyoming State Representative
|term_start2=1963
|term_end2=1979
|birth_date=January 29, 1939
|birth_place=Newcastle, Wyoming.
|death_date=September 1, 2023 (aged 84)
|death_place=Lingle, Wyoming
|party=[[Republican Party|Republican]]
|occupation=Rancher
|spouse=Jeanette Rae Keener Smith (also died September 1, 2023)
|children=Douglas and Garrett Smith
|relations=Nels Hansen Smith (grandfather)
|residence=Beulah, Wyoming
|religion=
|alma_mater=[[University of Wyoming]]
}}
'''Nels Jensen Smith''' (January 29, 1939 – September 1, 2023) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from his native [[Wyoming]]. He was elected as a state representative in 1962 at the age of twenty-three. He was the state House Speaker in his final legislative term from 1977 to 1979. He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie, his state's only four-year university.<ref name=death>Former Wyoming House Speaker Nels Smith Dies In Head-On Highway Crash | Your Wyoming News Source (cowboystatedaily.com), accessed December 27, 2023.</ref> His grandfather, Nels Hansen Smith (1884-1976), a native of [[South Dakota]], was the Republican 18th [[governor]] of Wyoming from 1939 to 1943. The senior Smith lost his bid for reelection to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lester C. Hunt]].<ref>Nels Hansen Smith (1884-1976) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed December 27, 2023.</ref>
'''Nels Jensen Smith''' (January 29, 1939 – September 1, 2023) was a [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[politician]] from his native [[Wyoming]]. He was elected as a state representative in 1962 at the age of twenty-three. He was the state House Speaker in his final legislative term from 1977 to 1979. He attended the University of Wyoming in Laramie, his state's only four-year university.<ref name=death>Former Wyoming House Speaker Nels Smith Dies In Head-On Highway Crash | Your Wyoming News Source (cowboystatedaily.com), accessed December 27, 2023.</ref> His grandfather, Nels Hansen Smith (1884-1976), a native of [[South Dakota]], was the Republican 18th [[governor]] of Wyoming from 1939 to 1943. The senior Smith lost his bid for reelection to the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Lester C. Hunt]].<ref>Nels Hansen Smith (1884-1976) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed December 27, 2023.</ref>