Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Schumacher was elected to the WÃ 1\/4 rttemberg Landtag ( state legislature ) in 1924 and in 1928 became the SPD leader in the state .
Simplified: In 1924 , he was elected to the legislature in WÃ 1\/4 rttemberg . He became the SPD leader for WÃ 1\/4 rttemberg in 1928 .