Complex sentence: After the deaths of longtime Virginia law reporter Peachy R. Grattan in 1881 and Chief Justice R. C. L. Moncure in 1882, the Readjuster Party took control of the Virginia General Assembly and the new justices of the Virginia Supreme Court appointed Hansbrough as their reporter.
Split into simpler sentences: After the deaths of longtime Virginia law reporter Peachy R. Grattan in 1881 and Chief Justice R. C. L. Moncure in 1882, the Readjuster Party took control of the Virginia General Assembly. The new justices of the Virginia Supreme Court appointed Hansbrough as their reporter.