Irving C. Freese (February 19, 1903[citation needed] – September 11, 1964) was the mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut.

He found work as the assistant credit manager at the Norwalk Tire and Rubber Company, as a Johnson & Johnson salesman, as a cost accountant at the American Hat Company, and at the Standard Safety Razor Corporation as a credit manager.

In October 1933, he met Elizabeth Hutchinson, the niece of the newly elected mayor of nearby Bridgeport, Jasper McLevy at his victory party.

[citation needed] In 1947, the citizens of Norwalk elected Socialist Freese as mayor with a total of 8,561 votes.

In 1951, he broke from the Socialist Party[3] and defeated Republican candidate Stanley Stroffolino, despite Stroffolino's endorsement by the Republicans, the Democrats and the Socialists with whom Freese had just parted company.