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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 first being John C. Calhoun in 1832.
Spiro Agnew (R) Vice President of the United States, pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to income-tax evasion (1973). [ 39 ] Maurice Stans (R) United States Secretary of Commerce , pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the reporting sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act and two counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions ...
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.
After these events, Governor Spiro Agnew attributed the damages to H. Rap Brown, because of his inflammatory speech. After inspecting the ruins of Pine Street, Governor Agnew said, “It shall now be the policy of the state to arrest any person inciting to riot, and to not allow that person to finish his vicious speech”. [4]
Police confirm 36 arrested at Ohio State anti-Israel protest Thursday night. ... that was the era of J. Edgar Hoover and President Richard M. Nixon and the short-lived vice presidency of Spiro ...
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 ...
Spiro T. Agnew: Maryland: May 2, 1974 — No contest plea to bribery and tax evasion. [1] [2] James Alexander: New York: April 16, 1735: 1737 [citation needed] Retaliatory measure for defending John Peter Zenger from sedition. [3] [4] F. Lee Bailey: Florida: 2001 — Misconduct while defending Claude Duboc. [5]
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.