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Spiro Theodore Agnew (/ ˈ s p ɪər oʊ ˈ æ ɡ n juː /; 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.
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.
Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th vice president of the United States. He served under President Richard Nixon . He was also the 55th governor of the state of Maryland and the first Greek American governor and vice president in United States history.
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 on...
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 18, 1996 · ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Spiro T. Agnew, Richard Nixon's strident point man who railed against the media as "nattering nabobs of negativism" and became the only U.S. vice president forced to resign in...
Oct 22, 1973 · Why had Spiro Agnew so dramatically and abruptly decided to quit? “Because everything he tried flopped,” one high-ranking Justice official declares flatly.
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Sep 18, 1996 · During President Richard Nixon's (see entry) first term in the White House (1969–1973), Vice President Spiro Agnew emerged as an outspoken defender of the president and his administration. He regularly criticized the American news media for providing slanted coverage of Vietnam and other issues.
Dec 11, 2020 · The brazen crook was Richard Nixon's vice president, Spiro Agnew. The book, just released this week, is an update of their popular podcast, also called Bag Man, which was released in October...
Sep 18, 1996 · Spiro T. Agnew, who earned an enduring but unenviable niche in American history as the first vice president forced to resign in disgrace, died Tuesday afternoon at a hospital in Berlin, Md. He...
