Ives, Irving McNeil, 1896-1962
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Name (Latin)
Ives, Irving McNeil, 1896-1962
Date of birth
1896-01-24
Date of death
1962-02-24
Occupation
Legislators--United States
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 10, 2013(Ives, Irving McNeil (1896-1962); a Senator from New York; born in Bainbridge, Chenango County, N.Y., January 24, 1896; attended the public schools; during the First World War served overseas with the United States Army, 1917-1919, discharged as first lieutenant, Infantry; graduated from Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y., in 1920; engaged in the banking and insurance businesses in New York, 1920-1930; member, New York State assembly, 1930-1946, serving as minority leader in 1935, speaker in 1936, and majority leader, 1937-1946; chairman of New York State Temporary Commission Against Discrimination, 1944-1945; member, board of trustees of Hamilton College and Cornell University; dean of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, 1945-1947; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1946, reelected in 1952, and served from January 3, 1947, to January 3, 1959; was not a candidate for renomination in 1958; unsuccessful candidate for election as Governor of New York in 1954; died in Norwich, N.Y., February 24, 1962)
- NUCMC data from Library of Congress, Manuscript Division for Atlantic Union Committee. Records, 1940-1968(Irving McNeil Ives)
- WWWA, 1961-1968(Irving McNeil Ives, 1896-1962; WW I army officer; NY state legislator; and U.S. senator from NY (1947-1959))
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Irving Ives
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, Public domain
Wikipedia description:
Irving McNeil Ives (January 24, 1896 – February 24, 1962) was an American politician and founding dean of the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations. A Republican, he served as a United States Senator from New York from 1947 to 1959. He was previously a member of the New York State Assembly for sixteen years, serving as Minority Leader (1935), Speaker (1936), and Majority Leader (1937–1946). A liberal Republican, he was known as a specialist in labor and civil rights legislation. Ives voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
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