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The last vice president of the United States to resign was Spiro Agnew in October 1973. Should Vice President Harris be the next? This is not a partisan attack against Harris.
President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew at the "Western White House" in San Clemente, Calif., on Aug. 22, 1970. Wind, rain and hail pummeled the line of mourners that stretched ...
Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th vice president of the United States from Jan. 20, 1969 to Oct. 10, 1973, when he was forced to resign after pleading no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion.
Early in 1973, Agnew informed the White House of the existence of the investigation. Privately, Agnew began plea bargain negotiations with the Department of Justice.
With Spiro Agnew, you get a 40-count federal indictment, that is brought against him. Not related to Watergate. But because of crimes that he was committing in his own office in the White House.
Before his electoral career ended in a Baltimore courtroom 50 years ago, Spiro T. Agnew had enjoyed a meteoric rise. In less than two decades, one of Maryland’s most famous sons ascended from… ...
Agnew built a new career brokering international business deals, some of which involved Arab states. He accumulated enough wealth to buy a house in Rancho Mirage, California.
I was present in court 50 years ago when Republican Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, a former Maryland governor, entered his “no contest” plea to the tax charges brought against him by th… ...
A few pieces of furniture from the grandfather remain in the house, which is kept spotless by Andreas’ wife. She is a perfect Greek counterpart of Judy Agnew—bright, outgoing, hospitable, gay.
A few days after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Republican governor of Maryland, Spiro T. Agnew, strode into a conference room in downtown Baltimore. In the hours after ...
Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th vice president of the United States from Jan. 20, 1969 to Oct. 10, 1973, when he was forced to resign after pleading no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion.