Complex sentence: He then studied the law under Judge Horace Nelson Cate, and four years later was admitted to the bar and served two terms from 1893 to 1897 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Split into simpler sentences: He then studied the law under Judge Horace Nelson Cate, and four years later was admitted to the bar. Hooper served two terms from 1893 to 1897 in the Tennessee House of Representatives.