Complex sentence: John Godfrey Saxe II of Manhattan was a lawyer and as New York state senator, a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention representing New York's 16th congressional district in 1915.
Split into simpler sentences: John Godfrey Saxe II of Manhattan was a lawyer and a member of the New York State Senate. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention representing New York's 16th congressional district in 1915.