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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.

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   May 10, 2024 · 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.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 1996/09/19 › usSpiro T. Agnew, Point Man for Nixon Who Resigned Vice ...

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   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 ...

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6. theconversation.com › he-was-trump-before-trump-vpHe was Trump before Trump: VP Spiro Agnew attacked the news ...

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   Nov 8, 2019 · How did Vice President Spiro Agnew launch a culture war against the press 50 years ago? Read about the context, the speechwriter and the impact of his words.

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   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.

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   Jul 16, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Spiro Agnew, who rose from a Baltimore lawyer to become Richard Nixon's vice president and then resigned amid corruption charges. Find out how his resignation paved the way for Gerald Ford to become president.

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   Who is Spiro Theodore Agnew?

   • Spiro Theodore Agnew (also known as Ted) was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on Nov. 9, 1918. His father, Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos, had immigrated to the U.S. from Greece in 1897 and changed his surname. The elder Agnew sold produce before entering the restaurant business. His mother was American, a native of Virginia.

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   Where did Spiro Agnew go to school?

   • Spiro Agnew attended the public schools in Baltimore and entered Johns Hopkins University to study chemistry in 1937. He transferred out of the prestigious school after struggling academically and enrolled at the University of Baltimore Law School. He earned his law degree, but only after being drafted into the Army during World War II.

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   Was Spiro Agnew a good guy?

   • ''Of all those caught up -- on both sides -- in the American tragedy of 1973-1974, Spiro Agnew was one of the good guys,'' said Patrick J. Buchanan, the unsuccessful Republican candidate for President who mourned the disgraced Vice President today for ''raw political courage'' in having served as ''the voice of the silent majority.''

   Spiro T. Agnew, Point Man for Nixon Who Resigned Vice Presidency, Dies

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   How did Spiro Agnew die?

   • Agnew died at home in 1996 at age 77 of undiagnosed acute leukemia . Downtown Baltimore around the time of Agnew's birth Spiro Agnew's father was born Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos in about 1877, in the Greek town of Gargalianoi, Messenia.

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10. www.nytimes.com › 1996/09/18 › usSpiro T. Agnew, Ex-Vice President, Dies at 77 - The New York ...

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    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...