Complex sentence: Alonzo Jay Edgerton (June 7,1827--August 9,1896) was an American politician, who graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven.
Split into simpler sentences: Alonzo Jay Edgerton (June 7,1827--August 9,1896) was an American politician. Alonzo Edgerton graduated from Wesleyan University in 1850, and there became a member of the Mystical Seven.