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2 days ago · Nixon's VP Spiro Agnew, was a crook cut from the same cloth as his boss. His resignation in the face of corruption charges was a harbinger of Nixon’s own downfall, a prelude to the main event. Agnew was a thug in a suit, a snarling attack dog who served as Nixon’s enforcer, his public face of contempt for the media and the rule of law.
2 days ago · Share. Tweet Partilhar. T hroughout the political history of the United States, 15 men who served as vice president went on to become president themselves. Some were unexpectedly inaugurated after the president's resignation, assassination, or illness. Others, like current Head of State Joe Biden, ran for office after their term as vice ...
3 days ago · [page needed] He selected dark horse Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate, a choice which Nixon believed would unite the party, appealing to both Northern moderates and Southerners disaffected with the Democrats.
1 day ago · Burr was a champion of anti-slavery and women's rights and was acquitted of all wrongdoing in his treason case. It's either Calhoun, for the nullification crisis; Breckenridge, for the Civil War; Agnew for corruption; or Quayle for being as dumb as a doorknob. 276 votes, 356 comments. Of all the Vice Presidents in our nation’s history, who do ...
2 days ago · As the Watergate scandal heated up in mid-1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew became a target in an unrelated investigation of corruption in Baltimore County, Maryland of public officials and architects, engineering, and paving contractors.
3 days ago · "In 1973, Spiro Agnew pled no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion, based on kickbacks he took for acts he did when county executive and governor. He resigned the vice presidency. Why? You couldn't have a felon as vice president. AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE A FELON FOR PRESIDENT!"
1 day ago · SPIRO AGNEW, A REPUBLICAN, WAS THE 39th VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, from 1969 to 1973, but that didn't lead to his indictment and conviction on corruption charges. His crimes occurred when he was governor of Maryland and ultimately resulted in his having to resign his position of Vice President in 1973 .
