US Congressman. He was born one of five children (Benajah Ives was born in 1798, Titus Ives II was born in 1804, Julia Ives was born in 1805, and Mary Ives was born in 1805), to politician Dr. Titus Howell Ives and Mary Polly Phelps Ives, in Watertown, New York. He was educated in the local common public schools and then he attended the prestigious Belleville Academy in Belleville, New York, and the Lowville Academy in Lowville, New York. Following his education, he became involved in the agricultural business and then pursued banking interests. In December of 1827, he married Charlotte Winslow Ives in Watertown, New York, but the couple had no children. Some historic records say that he was elected as a Member of the New York State House of Representatives in 1829 and again in 1830 but this information is incorrect. This was in fact his father, the politician Dr. Titus Howell Ives who served in that position. He later became interested in politics and he served as a Delegate to the World Convention of Methodists which was held in London, England, in 1846. He then decided to run for a seat in the United States Congress but was an unsuccessful Candidate for election to represent the Thirtieth Congress in 1848. He then ran for another seat in the United States Congress and this time he was elected. A Member of the Democratic Party, he then served New York's 19th District (Thirty-Second Congress) in the United States House of Representatives from 1851 to 1853. After his term in the United States House of Representatives expired on March 3, 1853, he was succeeded in office by United States Representative George William Chase. Following his time in the United States Congress, he resumed his agricultural business and banking pursuits. His first wife Charlotte passed away on October 18, 1861, at the age of 55, and he married for the second time to Lucina M. Eddy in about 1862 but the couple had no children. He then served as President of the Ives Seminary in Antwerp, New York, which he endowed and was named in his honor. He was later a founding member and organizer of the distinguished Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, and he served on its Board of Trustees from 1870 to 1886. After his term at Syracuse University expired in 1886, he again resumed his agricultural business and banking pursuits. He passed away on April 19, 1896, at the age of 89, in Watertown, New York, and he was buried in the Brookside Cemetery in that city. His wife Lucina passed away on December 3, 1904, and she was buried with her husband. His first wife Charlotte is also buried in the same cemetery.