Clifford R. Hope
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Clifford R. Hope | |
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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 |
Personal details | |
Born | Birmingham, Iowa, U.S. | June 9, 1893
Died | May 16, 1970 Garden City, Kansas, U.S. | (aged 76)
Political 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.[1]
References
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[edit]- Media related to Clifford R. Hope at Wikimedia Commons
- United States Congress. "Clifford R. Hope (id: H000768)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
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- Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives
- People from Birmingham, Iowa
- People from Garden City, Kansas
- Nebraska Wesleyan University alumni
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- 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
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