AGNEW, SPIRO THEODORE

spērˈō, 1918–96, 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–73), b. Baltimore, Md. Admitted to the bar in 1949, he entered politics as a Republican and was elected (1961) chief executive of Baltimore co. He later became (1967) governor of Maryland, where he won passage of an open housing law and expanded the state's antipoverty programs. Nominated (1968) for the vice presidency on the Republican ticket with Richard M. Nixon, Agnew campaigned on a law-and-order platform. As Vice President, he attacked opponents of the Vietnam War as disloyal, criticized intellectuals and college students for questioning traditional values, and frequently accused the media of biased news coverage. In the 1970 congressional campaigns, he campaigned against liberals and antiwar candidates in both parties. Reelected with Nixon in 1972, Agnew was forced to resign on Oct. 10, 1973, after a Justice Dept. investigation uncovered evidence of corruption during his years in Maryland politics; he was said to have continued to accept bribes while Vice President. He pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion, was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $10,000, and was disbarred (1974) in Maryland.

See biographies by J. Alright (1972), T. Lipmann (1972), and J. Witcover (1972).

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books on: Agnew Spiro Theodore  - 56 results

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Presidents and Protesters: Political Rhetoric in the 1960s
Book by Theodore Otto Windt Jr.; University of Alabama Press, 1990
Subjects: Peace Movements--United States--History--20th Century, Presidents--United States--History--20th Century, Rhetoric--Political Aspects--United States--History--20th Century, United States--Politics And Government--1961-1963, United States--Politics And Government--1963-1969, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975--Protest Movements
...Administrative rhetoric, xvi , 158 , 177 - 178 , 183 - 189 , 242 , 244 , 278 n. 13 . See also Berkeley Free Speech Movement Agnew, Spiro, 126 , 127 - 128 , 187 Alexander the Great, 219 Ambrose, Stephen E., 109 , 111 American Newspaper Publishers Association...
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Historical Dictionary of the 1960s
Book by James S. Olson, Samuel Freeman; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: United States--History--1961-1969--Dictionaries
...Herbicides and Human Rights , 1983. Carol Nguyen AGNEW, SPIRO THEODORE. Spiro Agnew was born November 9, 1918, in Baltimore. Before...graduated from the Baltimore Law School in 1947. Agnew began practicing law and working in local Republican...
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Political Corruption: In and beyond the Nation State
Book by Robert Harris; Routledge, 2003
...53 , 175 ; tax evasion 14 ; transparency lacking 54 ; US covert operations 11 ; weak/failing states ix , 50 Agnew, Spiro Theodore 24 Aitken, Max (Lord Beaverbrook) 115 Alatas, Syed Hussein 5 Albania 173 Albright, Madeleine 28 Andreotti...
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Researching Modern Evangelicalism: A Guide to the Holdings of the Billy Graham Center, with Information on Other Collections
Book by Robert D. Shuster, James Stambaugh, Ferne Weimer; Greenwood Press, 1990
Subjects: Billy Graham Center--Archives--Catalogs, Evangelicalism--United States--History--20th Century--Sources--Bibliography--Catalogs, United States--Church History--20th Century--Sources--Bibliography--Catalogs
...Audio Tapes, Oversize materials, Photographs MAJOR TOPICS: Abortion; Adams, Lane G; African Americans; Agnew, Spiro Theodore; Albert, Carl; Albuquerque, NM; Argentina; Auca people, Ecuador; Australia; Bahamas; Barrows, Clifford...
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Airwaves: A Collection of Radio Editorials from the Golden Apple
Book by William O'Shaughnessy; Fordham University Press, 1999
Subjects: Editorials--New York (State)--Westchester County, Freedom Of Speech--United States, New York (State)--Politics And Government--1951-, Politicians--United States--Biography--Anecdotes, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1989, United States--Politics And Government--1989-, Westchester County (N.Y.)--Biography--Anecdotes, Westchester County (N.Y.)--Politics And Government--Anecdotes
...Buck, 349 Adams, Cindy, xvii , 89 , 132 -33 Adams, Val, 290 Advertising Club of Westchester, 357 , 366 Agnew, Spiro Theodore, 13 , 17 - 18 , 51 - 52 , 57 - 58 , 304 Aisenberg, Michelle, 119 Albanese, Andy, 371 Albanese, John, 371...
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journal articles on: Agnew Spiro Theodore  - 14 results

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Rex E. Lee Conference on the Office of the Solicitor General of the United States
Journal article by Theodore B. Olson; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2003, 2003
Subjects: Attorneys general, Awards & honors, Conferences, Deaths, Department of Justice, History, Lee, Rex E, Personal profiles, Public officials, Supreme Court decisions, United States
...but there was a brief period of time back in 1973 when Spiro Agnew looked like a pillar of integrity in an administration...by day to put out one Watergate fire after another. Spiro Agnew was sitting back in dignified silence, not exercising...
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Two Visions of Responsibility: How National Commissions Contributed to Journalism Ethics, 1963-1975
Journal article by Glen Feighery; Journalism and Communication Monographs, Vol. 11, 2009
Subjects: American history, Assassinations & assassination attempts, Codes, Councils, Ethics, Freedom of the press, Journalism, Mass media, News media, Newspapers, Political power, Society, Television networks
...the "instant-analysis" commentaries Agnew had denounced. Although the agency ruled...launched in New York with a promise that "Spiro Agnews monopoly on criticism of the Eastern...press in America is a primordial one," Theodore H. White wrote in 1973. "It sets the...
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The Vice Presidency Grows Up
Journal article by Alvin S. Felzenberg; Policy Review, 2001
Subjects: Cheney, Dick--Powers and duties, Political consultants--Powers and duties, Vice-Presidents--Powers and duties
...played so important a part in his rise. He rarely consulted with Spiro Agnew, and after a short time stripped Agnew of his newly acquired West Wing office. Unlike Nixon, Agnew, as vice president, showed no interest in honing his expertise...
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The Politics of Principle: Richard Nixon and School Desegregation
Journal article by Lawrence J. Mcandrews; The Journal of Negro History, Vol. 83, 1998
Subjects: Nixon, Richard M.--Social policy, School integration--Laws, regulations, etc.
...1968 Nixon chose Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew as his running mate, in part because...schools. So when Vice President Agnew opined that "massive rioting" might...New York, 1989), p. 471. 31 Theodore White, The Making of the President...
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Institutional Change and the Dynamics of Vice Presidential Selection
Journal article by Mark Hiller, Douglas Kriner; Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 38, 2008
Subjects: United States. Office of the Vice President--History, Vice-Presidential candidates--Identification and classification
...Eagleton repeat, Vice President Spiro Agnews 1973 resignation and plea...Lodge (1960), and Robert Finch/Spiro Agnew (1968) for the Republicans, and...Shriver (M) <br/ 1972 Askew (L) Agnew Church (L) Eagleton (b) (L...
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magazine articles on: Agnew Spiro Theodore  - 9 results

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A Personal Reminiscence: an Unresolved Question
Magazine article by Paul Findley; The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Vol. XV, December 1996
Subjects: Agnew, Spiro T., Corruption in government, Federal government, Ford, Gerald, Interest groups, Lobbying, Lobbyists, Nixon, Richard M., Political crimes, Politics, Washington, DC
...Unresolved Question; Did Aipac Unmask Agnew? by Paul Findley A Personal Reminiscence...Unresolved Question; Did AIPAC Unmask Agnew? In the corridor just outside...white marble bust, a likeness of Spiro Theodore Agnew, former vice president of the...
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Steele Vs. Cardin
Magazine article; Human Events, Vol. 62, October 23, 2006
Subjects: Appointments & personnel changes, Professional baseball, State government, Tax cuts
...anti-Vietnam War protests were beginning to rage. Spiro Agnew had just taken office as Republican governor of Maryland and the states previous GOP governor, Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin, was just finishing a stint as mayor...
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Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics from Washington to Clinton
Magazine article by Douglas Brinkley; Washington Monthly, Vol. 27, November 1995
Subjects: Books--Reviews, Nixon's Piano: Presidents and Racial Politics From Washington to Clinton (Book)--Reviews
...Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew surprised the white elite...played the piano, and Agnew accompanied him in a...context of their times. To Theodore Roosevelt and William...segregationists, such as Theodore Bilbo, who denounced...
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Counting American Presidents
Magazine article by S.F. Bailey; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, May 1994
Subjects: Presidents--Term of office, United States--Politics and government
...John Quincy Adams. Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin...she was the niece of Theodore. There have been in...president had been Spiro Agnew, who resigned in a flurry...the highly memorable Theodore Roosevelt, who served...
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The Press as Presidential Antagonist: a Late 20th Century Retrospective
Magazine article by Louis W. Liebovich; National Forum, Vol. 80, Winter 2000
Subjects: Media coverage, Presidency, Public opinion
...could not conform. Beginning with Theodore Roosevelt and ending with Kennedy...influence the Congress and the public. Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin...attacks on the press by Vice President Spiro Agnew, a blizzard of daily public relations...
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Republicans Come Full Circle in Philadelphia
Newspaper article by Thomas V. Dibacco; The Washington Times, July 30, 2000
Subjects: Republican Party, Roosevelt, Theodore
...McKinley Veep pick: Theodore Roosevelt Memorable moment...1904 Chicago Candidate: Theodore Roosevelt Veep pick...supporter and ex-president Theodore Roosevelt, who, upon...Richard Nixon Veep pick: Spiro Agnew Memorable moment: The...
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D.C. Mayor Looks to Collaboration with Kaine
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 16, 2006
...Mandel, who served in the legislature under two Republican governors. He was speaker under Gov. Spiro T. Agnew and a delegate under Gov. Theodore R. McKeldin. "Ive been a Democrat all my life, but Ive worked with Republican governors...
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Conventions Ranged from Delirious to Dull
Newspaper article by Thomas V. Dibacco; The Washington Times, August 8, 1996
Subjects: Republican Party, Roosevelt, Franklin D.
...Republican was the youthful Theodore Roosevelt - governor...with Eastern ideas; and Theodore Roosevelt, an Eastern...his vice president, Spiro Agnew. One delegate spoiled...McKinley 1901-09: Theodore Roosevelt 1909-13...
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Vice Presidency Is No Party
Newspaper article by Martin Tullai; The Washington Times, January 18, 1997
...Millard Fillmore, Schuyler Colfax, William Wheeler, Theodore Roosevelt and James Sherman. Kentucky is second with...vice presidents resigned: John Calhoun (1832) and Spiro Agnew (1973). * Coolidge was the first vice president to...
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Rising to the Top; the 14 Vice Presidents Who Became Presidents
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 25, 2009
...Kennedy. Mr. Ford, who replaced disgraced Vice President Spiro Agnew, is pictured watching the helicopter liftoff of president...is not a stepping stone to anything except oblivion, Theodore Roosevelt said of the job. The vice presidency didnt...
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encyclopedia articles on: Agnew Spiro Theodore  - 4 results

 
 
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Agnew, Spiro Theodore
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGNEW, SPIRO THEODORE sper o, 1918 96, 39th Vice President...Republican ticket with Richard M. Nixon, Agnew campaigned on a law-and-order platform...parties. Reelected with Nixon in 1972, Agnew was forced to resign on Oct. 10, 1973...
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Republican Party
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Platt , and Matthew S. Quay , the party prospered. Theodore Roosevelt , successor to the assassinated McKinley...massive setbacks with the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew upon his conviction for tax evasion and revelations of...
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Presidents of the United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Vice President, Nov., 1899 Mar., 1901) Theodore Roosevelt, 1901 Theodore Roosevelt Republican 1901 9 (no Vice President...1965 69 Richard Milhous Nixon Republican 1969 74 Spiro T. Agnew, 1969 73 (no Vice President, Oct. 10, 1973...
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United States
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...its many involvements in Latin American affairs under Theodore Roosevelt and later Presidents. By the time of Roosevelts...President Gerald R. Ford . (Nixons first Vice President, Spiro T. Agnew , had resigned in Oct., 1973, after being charged...


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