Complex sentence: Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Smoot--the son of Mormon pioneer and former mayor of Salt Lake City, Abraham O. Smoot--was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican Senator from Utah to the 58th Congress in 1902.
Split into simpler sentences: Born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, Smoot--the son of Mormon pioneer and former mayor of Salt Lake City, Abraham O. Smoot. Smoot was elected to the United States Senate as a Republican Senator from Utah to the 58th Congress in 1902.