Clifford R. Hope

Clifford R. Hope
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
In office March 4, 1927 – January 3, 1957
Preceded by	Jasper N. Tincher
Succeeded by	James F. Breeding
Constituency	7th district (1927-43) 5th district (1943-57)
Personal details
Born	(1893-06-09)June 9, 1893 Birmingham, Iowa, U.S.
Died	May 16, 1970(1970-05-16) (aged 76) Garden City, Kansas, U.S.
Party	Republican
Education	Nebraska Wesleyan University Washburn Law School
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1917–1919
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Battles/wars	World War I

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, making him the longest-serving Kansan in the United States House of Representatives.

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.

External links

• Media related to Clifford R. Hope at Wikimedia Commons

• United States Congress. "Clifford R. Hope (id: H000768)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.