Complex sentence: Woodward was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4,1883-March 3,1885) but was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.
Split into simpler sentences: Woodward was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-eighth Congress (March 4,1883-March 3,1885). He was an unsuccessful for reelection in 1884 to the Forty-ninth Congress.