Complex sentence: Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec.3,1919 He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1907 until his resignation to become commerce secretary in 1919.
Split into simpler sentences: Joshua W. Alexander of Missouri New Secretary of Commerce, The New York Times, Dec.3,1919. Alexander was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri from 1907 until his resignation to become commerce secretary in 1919.