Complex sentence: Cowles served as a Republican in the Iowa General Assembly from 1899 to 1903 as representative from Kossuth County, and was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.
Split into simpler sentences: Cowles served as a Republican in the Iowa General Assembly from 1899 to 1903 as representative from Kossuth County. Cowles was a delegate to the 1916 Republican National Convention.