Complex sentence: Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28,1826--December 13,1885) was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.
Split into simpler sentences: Benjamin Gratz Brown (May 28,1826--December 13,1885) was an American politician. He was a Senator, the 20th Governor of Missouri, and the Liberal Republican and Democratic Party Vice presidential candidate in the presidential election of 1872.