Complex sentence: State Representative John W. Butler, a Tennessee farmer and head of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, lobbied state legislatures to pass anti-evolution laws; he succeeded when the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee on 21 March 1925.
Split into simpler sentences: State Representative John W. Butler, a Tennessee farmer and head of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, lobbied state legislatures to pass anti-evolution laws. He succeeded when the Butler Act was passed in Tennessee on 21 March 1925.