Complex sentence: Meredith Miles Marmaduke (August 28,1791--March 26,1864) was an American politician who served as the 8th Governor of Missouri in 1844, following the suicide of Governor Thomas Reynolds.
Split into simpler sentences: Meredith Miles Marmaduke (August 28,1791--March 26,1864) was an American politician. He briefly served as Missouri's eighth Governor in 1844 following the suicide of Governor Thomas Reynolds.