Complex sentence: In 1914, Clarke was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Woodrow Wilson, who then elevated Clarke to the Supreme Court two years later after Charles Evans Hughes resigned to accept the Republican nomination for President.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1914, Clarke was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio by President Woodrow Wilson. In 1916, Wilson appointed Clarke to the Supreme Court to replace Charles Evans Hughes, who had resigned to accept the Republican nomination for President.