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Hace 3 días · 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.
10 de may. de 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. Learn more about Agnew’s life and career.
9 de may. de 2024 · He was the well-liked minority leader of the House when Nixon picked him to replace Spiro Agnew, who’d resigned from the vice presidency one step ahead of the sheriff.
Hace 1 día · Former President Lyndon B. Johnson (center left) and Vice President Spiro Agnew (center right) witness the liftoff of Apollo 11, the first manned space aircraft to land on the Moon, on July 16, 1969 During the Johnson administration , NASA conducted the Gemini crewed space program, developed the Saturn V rocket and its launch facility , and ...
25 de abr. de 2024 · On May 2, 1974, the Maryland Court of Appeals orders the disbarment of former U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew, seven months after his no-contest plea to a tax-evasion charge in the United...
2 de may. de 2024 · Later that day, Spiro Agnew, Nixon’s combative vice president, gave the dedication address at Stone Mountain – three giant reliefs of Confederate luminaries carved in stone near Atlanta, Georgia. This dramatic contrast captures perfectly the duality and contradictions of Nixon’s GOP: a party which was trying, literally and ...
14 de may. de 2024 · Sep 24, 1996. It would benefit America greatly if the people understood the enduring legacy of Spiro Agnew, the vice president of Richard Nixon, who died a few days ago. It is of no importance to ...
