Irving Ives
American politician
Died when: 66 years 31 days (793 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Irving McNeil Ives (January 24, 1896 – February 24, 1962) was an American politician and founding dean of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations.
A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from New York from 1947 to 1959.He was previously a member of the New York State Assembly for sixteen years, serving as Minority Leader (1935), Speaker (1936), and Majority Leader (1937–1946).
A liberal Republican, he was known as a specialist in labor and civil rights legislation.Ives voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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