Background
HOPE, Clifford Ragsdale was born on June 9, 1893 in Birmingham, Iowa, United States.
HOPE, Clifford Ragsdale was born on June 9, 1893 in Birmingham, Iowa, United States.
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 Incorporated. of Garden City, Kansas from 1959 to 1963.
He died as a result of a stroke on May 16, 1970.
Member: Kansas House of Representative 1921-1927. Speaker Pro Tern 1923-1925, Speaker 1925-1927. Elected to 70 Congress 1926, re-elected to 71 Congress since 1928.
Served in United States Army in United States and France during World War. Admitted to Kansas. Bar 1917. Engaged in practice of law at Garden City, Kansas. since 1919.
Member of firm Vance, Hope and Fleming. Member: American Legion. Masons; Scottish Rite.
Shrine; Elks.
Spouse Pauline Elizabeth Sanders, January 8, 1921, Topeka, Kansas.