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'''Irving McNeil Ives''' (January 24, 1896 – February 24, 1962) was a [[Moderate Republican]]  [[United States Senator]] for his native [[New York]]; served two terms from 1947 to 1959.  

'''Irving McNeil Ives''' (January 24, 1896 – February 24, 1962) was a [[Moderate Republican]]  [[United States Senator]] for his native [[New York]]; served two terms from 1947 to 1959.  

From 1930 to 1946, Ives was a state representative. In this capacity, he was the minority leader in 1935 and the [[Speaker]] in 1936, and Majority Leader from 1937 to 1946, when he was elected in a strongly [[Republican Party|Republican]] year to the U.S. Senate. He focused on [[organized labor|labor]] and [[civil rights]] issues<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|date=February 25, 1962|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|title=Irving Ives Dead. Ex-U.S. Senator, 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/25/archives/irving-ives-dead-exus-senator-66-new-york-republican-was-a.html|accessdaate=August 5, 2021}}</ref> and supported the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which established the Civil Rights Commission, which was empowers a national focus on rooting out racial discrimination. However, he was no longer in office for the votes on the 1960, 1964, and 1968 civil rights acts, which were signed into law by [[U.S. President]]s [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

From 1930 to 1946, Ives was a state representative. In this capacity, he was the minority leader in 1935 and the [[Speaker]] in 1936, and Majority Leader from 1937 to 1946, when he was elected in a strongly [[Republican Party|Republican]] year to the U.S. Senate. He focused on [[organized labor|labor]] and [[civil rights]] issues<ref name=nytimes>{{cite web|date=February 25, 1962|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|title=Irving Ives Dead. Ex-U.S. Senator, 66|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/02/25/archives/irving-ives-dead-exus-senator-66-new-york-republican-was-a.html|accessdaate=August 5, 2021}}</ref> and supported the [[Civil Rights Act of 1957]], which established the Civil Rights Commission, which was empowers a national focus on rooting out racial discrimination. However, he was no longer in office for the votes on the 1960, 1964, and 1968 [[Civil Rights Act]]s, which were signed into law by [[U.S. President]]s [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/85-1957/s75|title=HR. 6127. CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1957.|publisher=GovTrack.us|accessdate=August 4, 2021}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==