Clifford R. Hope

Clifford R. Hope
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 7th district
In office
March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1943
Preceded by Jasper N. Tincher
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 5th district
In office
January 3, 1943 – January 3, 1957
Preceded by John M. Houston
Succeeded by James F. Breeding

Clifford Ragsdale Hope (June 9, 1893 – May 16, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas, and a member of the Republican Party. Born in Birmingham, Iowa, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University, in Lincoln, Nebraska. He served during the First World War, as a second lieutenant. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives. He was elected to the Seventieth United States Congress in 1927 and served in Congress through 1957.

After leaving office, Hope served as President of Great Plains Wheat Inc. of Garden City, Kansas from 1959 to 1963. He died as a result of a stroke on May 16, 1970.[1]

References

  1. ↑ REP. CLIFFORD HOPE, 30 YEARS IN HOUSE
  • United States Congress. "Clifford R. Hope (id: H000768)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by
Jasper N. Tincher		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 7th congressional district
1927 – 1943		 District abolished
Preceded by
John M. Houston		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Kansas's 5th congressional district
1943 – 1957		 Succeeded by
James F. Breeding
Political offices
Preceded by
John W. Flannagan, Jr.		 Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
1947 – 1949		 Succeeded by
Harold D. Cooley
Preceded by
Harold D. Cooley		 Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee
1953 – 1955		 Succeeded by
Harold D. Cooley


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