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On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew (a Republican) was forced to resign following a controversy over his personal taxes.Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
Spiro Agnew's father was born Theophrastos Anagnostopoulos in about 1877, in the Greek town of Gargalianoi, ... The book landed Agnew in controversy; ...
Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. [199] Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was nominated by Nixon to replace Agnew as vice president, becoming the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
Vice President Spiro Agnew had this tune banned in 1970 because he believed that the "Magic Dragon" Peter, Paul and Mary were singing about was street slang for marijuana.
“Our long national nightmare is over,” declared Ford, who became vice president in December 1973 — after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned due to an unrelated tax fraud case.
On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, following a controversy over his personal taxes; two days later, President Richard Nixon nominated Representative Gerald Ford to replace Agnew as vice president pursuant to Section 2.
The Republican presidential nominee has the chatter, the notoriety, and the cynicism from the famous quote, writes Edward A. Wasserman.
Agnew became Nixon's vice presidential running mate in 1968. [12] The uprising had broken out mainly in the black neighborhoods of East and West Baltimore [13] in which extensive property damage and looting occurred. Many of the businesses destroyed in the uprising were located along the main commercial avenues of the neighborhoods and were ...