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Irving Ives

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 24, 1896 in Bainbridge, NY
Died: February 24, 1962 in Norwich, NY

Education:

  • Hamilton College, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Banker/insurance businessman, 1920-1930

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1930-1946 (Speaker, 1936)


Election Results for Irving Ives


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 50 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,559,365 52.6%
1952 56 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 3,853,934 55.2%
1954 58 NY R Governor General 2 2,549,613 49.4%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Irving Ives


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1947 51 Senate 73 18 D 91 40
1948 52 Senate 78 20 D 98 50
1949 53 Senate 59 41 D 99 50
1950 54 Senate 59 38 D 94 63
1951 55 Senate 54 44 D 96 75
1952 56 Senate 65 31 D 90 57
1953 57 Senate 50 15 R 94 63 55
1954 58 Senate 84 14 R 77 18 93 31
1955 59 Senate 69 23 R 79 15 94 40
1956 60 Senate 57 16 R 74 11 74 54
1957 61 Senate 63 16 R 65 14 83 83
1958 62 Senate 38 30 R 53 19 68 50


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2025) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.