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Clifford Ragsdale Hope

Representative from Kansas
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1927–1957ID H000768
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LegislationHEADLINE
20%with Dems
of 1,288 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
20%with Dems
of 1,288 · both combined
Steepest move
+24 pts
1953 → 1955
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19271933193919451951
1955–5684th Congress
Sat as a Republican
39.7%with Democrats
of 58 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1953 → 1955, +24 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 604No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956S. 3338No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jul 27, 1956H.Res. 625No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.Res. 625), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Jul 26, 1956H.Res. 641No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 638No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 25, 1956H.Res. 618No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 12061No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jul 24, 1956H.R. 7992No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
9 most recent roll calls shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 84th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

15 Congresses
70th · 192784th · 1955
Republican · House · KS70th–84th
Term datesexact
Members · Kansas
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Clifford Ragsdale Hope

Representative from Kansas
HOUSER1927–195715 CONGRESSES
Compare
LegislationHEADLINE
19.8%with Democrats
of 1,288 votes · 80.2% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested20%of 1,288 · combined
Steepest move+24 pts1953→55, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019271955
1955–56 · 84th · Republican · of 58 votes39.7%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 58 contested votes scored in the 84th

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

70th · 192784th · 1955
Republican70th–84th

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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