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Spiro Theodore Agnew ( / ˈspɪəroʊ ˈæɡnjuː /; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign the position, the first being John C. Calhoun in 1832.
May 10, 2024 · Spiro Agnew, 39th vice president of the United States (1969–73) in the Republican administration of President Richard M. Nixon. Amid a scandal related to his governorship of Maryland, he became the first person to resign the nation’s second highest office under duress.
Oct 10, 2015 · Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned on this day in 1973 after being indicted for accepting thousands of dollars in bribes while serving as Baltimore county executive, governor of Maryland and...
Washington, Oct, 10--Spiro T. Agnew resigned as Vice President of the United States today under an agreement with the Department of Justice to admit evasion of Federal income taxes and avoid...
Jul 16, 2018 · Spiro Agnew is one of only two vice presidents to resign from the job. Learn more about his life and his combative relationship with the press.
Sep 19, 1996 · Spiro T. Agnew, the tart-tongued political combatant who fired up the American electorate but then had to resign as Richard M. Nixon's Vice President in the face of a kickback scandal, died...
Oct 23, 1973 · WASHINGTON, Oct. 22—The collapse of Spiro T. Agnew's career was a negotiated decline and fall. The dimensions of the bargaining were even broader than the public record suggested. President...
