Complex sentence: Sackett joined the Republican Party at its founding, and was appointed a federal Register in Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Act of 1867, and afterwards was usually referred to as Judge Sackett to recognize the nature of his federal position.
Split into simpler sentences: Sackett joined the Republican Party at its founding, and was appointed a federal Register in Bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Act of 1867. Afterwards he was usually referred to as Judge Sackett to recognize the nature of his federal position.