Eugene S. Ives
Eugene Semmes Ives was an American lawyer and politician from New York and Arizona.Life
He was the son of Joseph Christmas Ives and Cora Matilda Ives .
He attended Georgetown College, and schools in Austria and Belgium. He graduated from Columbia Law School in 1880, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in New York City.
Ives was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1885 and 1887.
He was a member of the New York State Senate from 1888 to 1891, sitting in the 111th, 112th, 113th and 114th New York State Legislatures. On June 5, 1889, he married Ann Maria Waggaman, and they had eight children.
About 1895, he removed first to California, then to the Arizona Territory, and practiced law in Yuma, and from 1901 on in Tucson. He was counsel to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. He was a member of the Territorial Council in the 21st Arizona Territorial Legislature, and was President of the Territorial Council.
He was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles.
