Complex sentence: He also removed popular Secretary of State Benjamin Hardin from his post in 1846, replacing him with George B. Kinkead, but the Senate voted that no vacancy existed, and the Court of Appeals upheld this decision.
Split into simpler sentences: He also removed popular Secretary of State Benjamin Hardin from his post in 1846, replacing him with George B. Kinkead. The state senate voted that no vacancy existed, and the Court of Appeals upheld this decision.