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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. Learn more about Agnew’s life and career.
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Jul 16, 2018 · Full Name: Spiro Theodore Agnew. Also Known As: Ted. Known For: Serving as vice president under Richard M. Nixon and resigning for tax evasion. Born: Nov. 9, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. Parents' Names: Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, who changed his surname to Agnew, and Margaret Marian Pollard Agnew.
Sep 18, 1996 · Spiro T. Agnew, who was forced to resign as the 39th Vice President of the United States in 1973 when he pleaded no contest to a charge of income-tax evasion, died yesterday in Berlin, Md.
May 17, 2018 · AGNEW, Spiro Theodore. ( b. 9 November 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland; d. 17 September 1996 in Berlin, Maryland), governor of Maryland and vice president of the United States who became known for his bombastic and divisive speeches attacking the media and liberal protesters.
Spiro Theodore Agnew was born November 9, 1918, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the son of Theodore S. Agnew and his Virginia-born wife, Margaret Pollard Akers. Spiro Agnew was, in his own words, a "typical middle class youth" who spoke and wrote very well and gained experience writing speeches for his father's many appearances before ethnic and ...
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...
