Complex sentence: Sanford Elias Church (April 18,1815 in--May 13,1880) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician, Lieutenant Governor of the state of New York, and chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals for a decade.
Split into simpler sentences: Sanford Elias Church (April 18,1815 in--May 13,1880) was an American lawyer and Democratic politician. He served as Lieutenant Governor of the state of New York and chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals for a decade.