Complex sentence: John White Geary (December 30 1819--February 8 1873) was an American lawyer, politician (the final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, California), governor of the Kansas Territory and of Pennsylvania, and Union General in the American Civil War.
Split into simpler sentences: John White Geary (December 30 1819--February 8 1873) was an American lawyer, politician. The final alcalde and first mayor of San Francisco, California, governor of the Kansas Territory and of Pennsylvania, and Union General in the American Civil War.