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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

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.
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.

References

REP. CLIFFORD HOPE, 30 YEARS IN HOUSE

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Clifford R. Hope at Wikimedia Commons

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

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded byJasper N. Tincher	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 7th congressional district 1927 – 1943	District abolished
Preceded byJohn M. Houston	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas's 5th congressional district 1943 – 1957	Succeeded byJames F. Breeding
Political offices
Preceded byJohn W. Flannagan, Jr.	Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1947 – 1949	Succeeded byHarold D. Cooley
Preceded byHarold D. Cooley	Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee 1953 – 1955	Succeeded byHarold D. Cooley

v t e Republican Conference chairs of the United States House of Representatives
Morrill Schenck Banks Blair Maynard McCrary Hale Frye Robeson Cannon Henderson Grosvenor Cannon Hepburn Currier Greene Towner S. Anderson Hawley Luce Lehlbach Woodruff Hope Hoeven Ford Laird J. Anderson Devine Kemp D. Cheney Lewis Armey Boehner Watts Pryce Putnam Pence Hensarling McMorris Rodgers L. Cheney Stefanik McClain (elect)

v t e Chairmen of the United States House Committee on Agriculture
Forrest Butler Van Rensselaer Spencer Root Bockee Deberry Anderson White Littlefield Floyd Dawson Holloway Whiteley Butterfield Lovejoy Clay Bidwell Trowbridge Wilson Hays Caldwell Cutler Covert Valentine Hatch Funston Hatch Wadsworth Scott Lamb Lever Haugen Jones Fulmer Flannagan Hope Cooley Hope Cooley Poage Foley de la Garza Roberts Smith Combest Goodlatte Peterson Lucas Conaway Peterson Scott Thompson

v t e Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas
1st district	Phillips Anderson Morrill Broderick Curtis Anthony Lambertson Cole H. Miller Avery Dole Sebelius Roberts Moran Huelskamp Marshall Mann
2nd district	Goodin Haskell Funston H. Moore O. Miller M. Peters Bowersock Scott Mitchell Taggart E. Little Guyer C. Little Guyer Scrivner N. George Ellsworth Avery Mize Roy Keys Jeffries Slattery Brownback Ryun Boyda Jenkins Watkins LaTurner Schmidt
3rd district	Brown Ryan Perkins Clover Hudson Kirkpatrick Ridgely A. Jackson Campbell Sproul McGugin Patterson Winter Meyer M. George Hargis McVey Ellsworth Winn Meyers Snowbarger D. Moore Yoder Davids
4th district	Ryan Kelley Otis Curtis J. Miller F. Jackson Doolittle Hoch Carpenter E. Rees Shriver Glickman Tiahrt Pompeo Estes
5th district	Anderson Davis Calderhead Vincent Calderhead R. Rees Helvering Strong Ayres Houston Hope Breeding Skubitz Whittaker Nichols
6th district	Hanback Turner Baker McCormick Reeder Young Connelly White Sparks McCarthy Carlson Smith Dole
7th district	S. Peters Simpson Long Simpson Long Murdock Madison Neeley Shouse Tincher Hope
8th district	Murdock Ayres Bird Ayres
At-large	Conway Wilder Clarke Lowe (1873–1875: Lowe Cobb Phillips) (1883–1885: Hanback Morrill Perkins S. Peters) Harris Blue Botkin Bailey Scott
Territory	Whitfield Parrott

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