Complex sentence: Reelection followed every six years as he advanced toward the chairmanship of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which he finally reached in 195ly difficult campaign came in 1962, at age 85, when he defeated a young conservative.
Split into simpler sentences: Reelection followed every six years as he advanced toward the chairmanship of the powerful Appropriations Committee, which he finally reached in 1955. His only difficult campaign came in 1962, at age 85, when he defeated a young conservative.