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Spiro Agnew was the 39th Vice-President of the United States. Agnew is known for his quick ascension through the political ranks, going from Baltimore County Executive, to Governor of Maryland, to Richard Nixon's Vice-President in just six years. Agnew had aspiration to become the 40th President, before a tax scandal derailed his political career. -
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- Born: November 9, 1918
- Political Party: Republican
- Administration: 1969-1973
- President: Richard Nixon
- Succeeded by: Gerald Ford
- Secretary(ies) of State: William P. Rogers
- Spouse: Judy Agnew
- Occupation: Lawyer, Governor of Maryland
- Died:September 17, 1996
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Resignation
On October 10, 1973 Agnew resigned from his office as Vice-President, after pleading no contest to charges of tax evasion and money laundering. As a result of his resignation and the 24th Amendment, House Majority Leader Gerald Ford succeeded Agnew as Vice-President. -
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Speaking to bright class of undergraduates. Name "Spiro Agnew "draws blank stares. Who knows who he was? Not a hand is raised.
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Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon & Spiro Agnew - $27.95
The definitive account of a bizarre chapter in national politics, told with a historian's breadth of knowledge by a journalist who was there. Nixon and Agnew were an odd couple whose political love affair disintegrated over five ye...
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Very Strange Bedfellows: The Short and Unhappy Marriage of Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew - $15.95
President Richard Nixon and his first vice president, Spiro Agnew, were an odd couple who began a political love affair that devolved over the span of five years into a very messy estrangement. From their initial lunch, during which Agnew g...
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Spiro Agnew Timeline
- November 9, 1918: Born
- 1937: Studied chemistry at Johns Hopkins University
- 1942: Married Elinor Isabel Judefind
- 1962: Elected Baltimore County Executive
- 1966: Elected Governor of Maryland
- 1968: Elected Vice-President of the United States
- 1973: Resigned from office and pleaded no contest to tax evasion
- September 17, 1996: At the age of 77 Agnew dies of advanced Leukemia
