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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]]; he 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 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>

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>