Complex sentence: Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield (October 11,1863--December 12,1942) was a lawyer and academic, as well as the son of U.S. President James A. Garfield and the brother and law partner of U.S. Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield.
Split into simpler sentences: Harry Augustus "Hal" Garfield (October 11,1863--December 12,1942) was an American lawyer and academic. He was was the son of U.S. President James A. Garfield and the brother and law partner of Secretary of the Interior James Rudolph Garfield.