Changes

In 1954, Ives ran unsuccessfully in a bid to succeed Dewey as governor of New York. In one of the closest elections in state history, he lost to Democrat William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) by 11,125 votes.<ref name=nytimes/> Ives was a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention in [[San Francisco]], California. In 1958, he co-sponsored a bill with then Senator [[John F. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]] to correct abuses within organized labor.<ref name=nytimes/>

In 1954, Ives ran unsuccessfully in a bid to succeed Dewey as governor of New York. In one of the closest elections in state history, he lost to Democrat William Averell Harriman (1891-1986) by 11,125 votes.<ref name=nytimes/> Ives was a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention in [[San Francisco]], California. In 1958, he co-sponsored a bill with then Senator [[John F. Kennedy]] of [[Massachusetts]] to correct abuses within organized labor.<ref name=nytimes/>

In 1958, Ives declined to seek a third term in the Senate and was succeeded by another Moderate Republican, [[Kenneth B. Keating]], who was elected along with still another Moderate Republican, [[Nelson Rockefeller]], who unseated Governor Harriman and won the first of four terms as governor. Then in 1964, Keating lost his bid for reelection to Democrat [[Robert F. Kennedy]], younger brother of President Kennedy, with whom Ives had collaborated on the labor legislation.<ref name=congress/>

In 1958, Ives declined to seek a third term in the Senate and was succeeded by another Moderate Republican, [[Kenneth B. Keating]], who was elected along with still another Moderate Republican, [[Nelson Rockefeller]], who unseated Governor Harriman and won the first of four terms as governor. Then in 1964, Keating lost his bid for reelection, when presidential nominee [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]], fared poorly in New York. Keating, though he ran ahead of Goldwater in the state, still lost to Democrat former [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Robert F. Kennedy]], younger brother of President Kennedy, with whom Ives had collaborated on the labor legislation.  

Ives died in Norwich, New York at the age of sixty-six.<ref name=nytimes/> He and his first wife are interred at Greenlawn Cemetery in his native Bainbridge, New York.<ref name=findagrave>Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 5, 2021.</ref>

Ives died in Norwich, New York at the age of sixty-six.<ref name=nytimes/> He and his first wife are interred at Greenlawn Cemetery in his native Bainbridge, New York.<ref name=findagrave>Irving McNeil Ives (1896-1962) - Find A Grave Memorial, accessed August 5, 2021.</ref>