Clifford R. Hope Explained

Clifford R. Hope
State:Kansas
District:7th
Term Start:March 4, 1927
Term End:January 3, 1943
State2:Kansas
District2:5th
Term Start2:January 3, 1943
Term End2:January 3, 1957
Birth Date:9 June 1893
Birth Place:Birmingham, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Garden City, Kansas, U.S.
Party:Republican
Education:Nebraska Wesleyan University
Washburn Law School
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Serviceyears:1917–1919
Battles:World War I
Branch: United States Army

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.[1]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.nytimes.com/1970/05/18/archives/rep-clifford-hope-30-years-in-house.html REP. CLIFFORD HOPE, 30 YEARS IN HOUSE