Complex sentence: Risk was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3,1939--January 3,1941), and made an unsuccessful r reelection bid in 1940, after which he resumed the practice of law in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.
Split into simpler sentences: Risk was elected to the Seventy-sixth Congress (January 3,1939--January 3,1941). He resumed the practice of law in Pawtucket, Rhode Island.