Complex sentence: In 1918 he was elected to one term in the New York State Senate from the Bronx where he was active in urging an investigation of William Hamilton Anderson of the New York Anti-Saloon League.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1918 he was elected to the New York State Senate as the Senator from the Bronx. As a State Senator he was active in urging an investigation of William Hamilton Anderson of the New York Anti-Saloon League.