Original sentence: Although he was a privateer during the Revolutionary War he became a "blue light", extreme-Federalist during the War of 1812, a supporter of the Manley Act, and was one of the most notable members of the Essex Junto that brought the Federalist party to a very disgraceful end
Edited sentence: Although he was a privateer during the Revolutionary War he became a "blue light", extreme-Federalist during the War of 1812, a supporter of the Manley Act, and was one of the most notorious members of the Essex Junto that brought the once honorable Federalist party to a very disgraceful end