Clifford R. Hope
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Clifford R. Hope was a U.S. Representative
United States House of Representatives
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 from Kansas
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. Born in Birmingham, Iowa
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, Hope attended public schools and Nebraska Wesleyan University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
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, in Lincoln, Nebraska
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. He served during the First World War, as a second lieutenant. He served in the Kansas House of Representatives
Kansas House of Representatives
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. 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
Garden City, Kansas
Garden City is a city in and the county seat of Finney County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 26,658. The city is home to Garden City Community College and the Lee Richardson Zoo, the largest zoological park in western Kansas.-History:In February 1878, James...

 from 1959 to 1963. He died as a result of a stroke on May 14, 1970.

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