CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Former West Virginia Gov. Hulett C. Smith, who signed bills that abolished the state’s death penalty and implemented its first strip mining laws, has died. He was 93.

Smith’s family announced this morning that the former governor died Sunday in Arizona, where he had moved last fall.

Smith, a Democrat, was elected in 1964 at a time when governors were limited to a single term.

During his tenure, the West Virginia Legislature enacted measures to control air and water pollution and to protect human rights.

Smith was born on Oct. 21, 1918, as the offspring of a political family. His father, Joe L. Smith, served eight terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, from 1929 to 1944.