Clifford R. Hope (June 9, 1893 – May 14, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. 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 14, 1970.[1]
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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 |