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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>"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=congress/>

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=nyt/>

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