1. I tried to buy it when Roy Abernethy ( later governor of Michigan ) and George Romney were AMC .
2. I tried to buy it when George Romney ( later Governor of Michigan ) and Roy Abernethy were leading AMC .

Select your answer from the options. Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Choose your answer from: (i). no; (ii). yes;...I think the answer is
(i).