In 1954 , Ives unsuccessfully ran to succeed Dewey as governor of New York . In one of the closest gubernatorial elections in state history , he lost to Democrat W. Averell Harriman by 11,125 votes . Ives was a delegate to the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco , California . In 1958 , he co-sponsored a bill with Senator John F. Kennedy to correct abuses within organized labor as disclosed in hearings before the Rackets Committee
1956 Republican National Convention
1956 Republican National Convention
Irving Ives