Complex sentence: When the then-current governor, Frank Emerson died, on February 18,1931, just six weeks into his second term, the line of succession put State Secretary Clark into the post of acting governor until the next election to be held, November 1932.
Split into simpler sentences: When the then-current governor, Frank Emerson died, on February 18,1931 just six weeks into his second term. The line of succession put State Secretary Clark into the post of acting governor until the next election to be held, November 1932.