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From 1920 to 1923, Ives earned $25 per week as a clerk for [[J. P. Morgan|J. P. Morgan & Company]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=biography/> In 1923, he joined Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, with prompted his move to Norwich, also in Chenango.<ref name=yearbook/> He remained with Manufacturers Trust for seven years until 1930, when he entered the general [[insurance]] business in Norwich.<ref name=biography/><ref name=findagrave/>

From 1920 to 1923, Ives earned $25 per week as a clerk for [[J. P. Morgan|J. P. Morgan & Company]] in [[New York City]].<ref name=biography/> In 1923, he joined Manufacturers Hanover Corporation, with prompted his move to Norwich, also in Chenango.<ref name=yearbook/> He remained with Manufacturers Trust for seven years until 1930, when he entered the general [[insurance]] business in Norwich.<ref name=biography/><ref name=findagrave/>

On February 18, 1930, Ives won a [[special election]] for the Chenango County seat in the New York Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Bert Lord (1869–1939). He was reelected many times and remained in the Assembly until 1946. His speakership extended for only one year because his fellow liberal Republicans disagreed with Ives' opposition to a social welfare program advanced by [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] Herbert Henry Lehman (1878–1963).<ref name=battle>"Albany Battle Lines Form," ''The New York Times,'' December 20, 1936.</ref> Ives stepped aside in favor of Oswald David Heck (1902–1959), who subsequently named Ive sas the Republican Majority Leader.<ref name=speaker>"Heck Is Speaker; Ives Quits Race," ''The New York Times,'' January 13, 1937.</ref>  

On February 18, 1930, Ives won a [[special election]] for the Chenango County seat in the New York Assembly to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Bert Lord (1869–1939). He was reelected many times and remained in the Assembly until 1946. His speakership extended for only one year because his fellow liberal Republicans disagreed with Ives' opposition to a social welfare program advanced by [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[Governor]] Herbert Henry Lehman (1878–1963).<ref name=battle>[https://www.nytimes.com/1936/12/20/archives/albany-battle-lines-form-state-republicans-under-new-leadership-are.html "Albany Battle Lines Form,"] ''The New York Times,'' December 20, 1936.</ref> Ives stepped aside in favor of Oswald David Heck (1902–1959), who subsequently named Ive sas the Republican Majority Leader.<ref name=speaker>"Heck Is Speaker; Ives Quits Race," ''The New York Times,'' January 13, 1937.</ref>  

The year before he left the Assembly, Ives, as the chairman of the  Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions, received nationwide attention for his Ives-Quinn Act of 1945, the first state law to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race or national origin.<ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|date=March 12, 2011|work=WNYC|title=Freedom's Ladder: WNYC and New York's Anti-Discrimination Law|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/117609-freedoms-ladder|author=Haley Richardson|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref> Ives also introduced legislation to create the state Department of Commerce and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, at which Ives was a trustee and a dean from 1945 to 1947.<ref name=nytimes/>

The year before he left the Assembly, Ives, as the chairman of the  Joint Legislative Committee on Industrial and Labor Conditions, received nationwide attention for his Ives-Quinn Act of 1945, the first state law to prohibit discrimination in employment on the basis of race or national origin.<ref name=wnyc>{{cite web|date=March 12, 2011|work=WNYC|title=Freedom's Ladder: WNYC and New York's Anti-Discrimination Law|url=http://www.wnyc.org/story/117609-freedoms-ladder|author=Haley Richardson|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref> Ives also introduced legislation to create the state Department of Commerce and the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at [[Cornell University]] in Ithaca, at which Ives was a trustee and a dean from 1945 to 1947.<ref name=nytimes/>