Vice president of the United States from 1969 to 1973
Spiro T. Agnew
Official portrait, 1972
39th Vice President of the United States
In office January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973
President
Richard Nixon
Preceded by
Hubert Humphrey
Succeeded by
Gerald Ford
55th Governor of Maryland
In office January 25, 1967 – January 7, 1969
Preceded by
J. Millard Tawes
Succeeded by
Marvin Mandel
3rd Executive of Baltimore County
In office December 6, 1962 – December 8, 1966
Preceded by
Christian H. Kahl
Succeeded by
Dale Anderson
Personal details
Born
Spiro Theodore Agnew
(1918-11-09)November 9, 1918 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died
September 17, 1996(1996-09-17) (aged 77) Berlin, Maryland, U.S.
Resting place
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Judy Judefind
(m. 1942)
Children
4
Education
Johns Hopkins University
University of Baltimore (LLB)
Signature
Military service
Branch/service
United States Army
Years of service
1941–1945
Rank
Captain
Commands
Service Company, 54th Armored Infantry Battalion, 10th Armored Division
Battles/wars
World War II
Ardennes-Alsace
Central Europe
Awards
Bronze Star
Spiro Agnew's voice
Agnew on the alleged bias of news networks against Richard Nixon Recorded November 13, 1969
Spiro Theodore Agnew (/ˈspɪəroʊˈæɡnjuː/; 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.
Agnew was born in Baltimore to a Greek immigrant father and an American mother. He attended Johns Hopkins University and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law. He was a campaign aide for U.S. Representative James Devereux in the 1950s, and was appointed to the Baltimore County Board of Zoning Appeals in 1957. In 1962, he was elected Baltimore county executive. In 1966, Agnew was elected governor of Maryland, defeating his Democratic opponent George P. Mahoney and independent candidate Hyman A. Pressman.
At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Richard Nixon asked Agnew to place his name in nomination, and named him as running mate. Agnew's centrist reputation interested Nixon; the law and order stance he had taken in the wake of civil unrest that year appealed to aides such as Pat Buchanan. Agnew made a number of gaffes during the campaign, but his rhetoric pleased many Republicans, and he may have made the difference in several key states. Nixon and Agnew defeated the Democratic ticket of incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey and his running mate, Senator Edmund Muskie, and American Independent Party candidates George Wallace and Curtis LeMay. As vice president, Agnew was often called upon to attack the administration's enemies. In the years of his vice presidency, Agnew moved to the right, appealing to conservatives who were suspicious of moderate stances taken by Nixon. In the presidential election of 1972, Nixon and Agnew were re-elected for a second term, defeating Senator George McGovern and his running mate Sargent Shriver in one of the largest landslides in American history.
In 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland on suspicion of criminal conspiracy, bribery, extortion, and tax fraud. Agnew took kickbacks from contractors during his time as Baltimore county executive and governor of Maryland. The payments had continued into his time as vice president, but had nothing to do with the Watergate scandal, in which he was not implicated. After months of maintaining his innocence, Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office. Nixon replaced him with House Republican leader Gerald Ford. Agnew spent the remainder of his life quietly, rarely making public appearances. He wrote a novel and a memoir, both of which defended his actions. Agnew died at home in 1996 at age 77 of undiagnosed acute leukemia.
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