Given the question: Facts:   - profession: legislator , farmer , lumberjack    - death place: pasadena , california    - order: 7th    - successor: frank m. byrne    - party: republican    - death date: 18 october 1929    - predecessor: coe i. crawford    - office: governor of south dakota south dakota state senator    - lieutenant: howard c. shober frank m. byrne    - spouse: florence albert    - term end: january 7 , 1913 1909      - term start: january 5 , 1909 1905    - birth date: may 16 , 1858    - name: robert s. vessey    - image: robertsvessey.jpg    - birth place: oshkosh , wisconsin    - religion: methodist   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert s. vessey .
The answer is:
robert scadden vessey -lrb- may 16 , 1858 -- october 18 , 1929 -rrb- was the seventh governor of south dakota .vessey , a republican from wessington springs , served from 1909 to 1913 .