Complex sentence: Because of the scandals that plagued the Grant administration, Creswell resigned, but accepted the appointment of a United States counsel before the Alabama Claims Commission which he served as from 1874 to 1876.
Split into simpler sentences: Because of the scandals that plagued the Grant administration, Creswell resigned. Creswell accepted the appointment of a United States counsel before the Alabama Claims Commission which he served as from 1874 to 1876.