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Jun 5, 2024 · Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second and most recent vice president to resign the position, the other being John C. Calhoun in 1832.
- November 9, 1918
- Spiro Theodore Agnew
- September 17, 1996
- Baltimore, Maryland
Jun 10, 2024 · Ford had become vice president in December 1973, after Nixon’s previous vice president, Spiro T. Agnew, resigned amid accusations of financial improprieties and pled no contest to a single, negotiated criminal charge.
11 hours ago · t. e. The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the ...
Jun 10, 2024 · Disgraced Vice President Spiro T. Agnew officially becomes a private citizen and addresses the nation one last time... as a convicted criminal. Agnew continues his attacks on the press and the prosecutors right to the end.
Jun 10, 2024 · Spiro Agnew, Walter Mondale, and Dale Quayle are sure to make any shortlist of bad modern vice presidents. But they're certain to eventually join the ranks of Elbrige Gerry, William Rufus King,...
Jun 17, 2024 · When Nixon’s vice president, Spiro T. Agnew, was forced to resign from office in disgrace, the president had no choice but to nominate the only Republican whom the Democratic leadership of Congress would approve, the affable Jerry Ford.
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3 days ago · Mr. Hill wrote the preface of the collection and his chapter detailed his investigative articles which led, indirectly, to the resignation of Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew. Another book, on an adventurous Maine seaman, A Flick of Sunshine, written with his son, Alexander J. Hill, is scheduled to be published in August, 2020 (Sheridan House).
