Complex sentence: In his 50s he studied law and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1896, but he returned to Washington, DC to practice law, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he lived for more than two decades.
Split into simpler sentences: In his 50s he studied law and was admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1896. He returned to Washington, DC to practice law, and later moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he lived for more than two decades.