Complex sentence: Peck also had other business interests, being the president of People's Gas Light Company of Cleveland and a director of the Savings Loan Association, as well as being a delegate to the county Republican convention in 1855 and was elected a waterworks commissioner in 1867.
Split into simpler sentences: Peck also had other business interests, as president of People's Gas Light Company of Cleveland and a director of the Savings Loan Association. He was a delegate to his county Republican convention in 1855 and was elected a waterworks commissioner in 1867.