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Spiro Agnew - Wikipedia 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
Spiro Agnew | Biography, Scandal, Facts, Resignation - Britannica 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 T. Agnew | The First Amendment Encyclopedia Agnew, the son of a Greek immigrant, was an attorney who graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore who served from 1962 to 1966 as the executive of Baltimore County and then as governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969
Encyclopedia Americana: Spiro T. Agnew - Maryland State Archives As vice president, Agnew soon gained wider attention with a number of controversial speeches He charged that opponents of the Vietnam War were encouraged by "an effete corps of impudent snobs "
Spiro Theodore Agnew - National Governors Association In 1968, Richard M Nixon selected Agnew to be his vice presidential running mate Agnew quickly developed a reputation for strong polemical speeches critical of the antiwar movement, the media, and liberals
Agnew, Spiro T. - Encyclopedia. com Agnew targeted antiwar activists and journalists for particularly tough treatment He labeled antiwar protestors as "an effete [feminine and weak] corps of impudent [disrespectful] snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals "
Spiro T. Agnew: The Rise, Fall, and Family Roots of an American Vice . . . Agnew appealed to moderates and progressives by denouncing racism, supporting open housing laws, and focusing on responsible governance Though his record was not without criticism, he was seen as a competent and relatively moderate Republican
LibGuides: U. S. Vice Presidents: Spiro Agnew 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
Spiro Agnew - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Agnew is the only U S vice president in history to leave office because of criminal charges Ten years later, in January 1983, he paid the state of Maryland almost $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that came from the bribery allegations