Get kids back-to-school ready with Expedition: Learn! Spiro T. Agnew resigned after pleading no contest to charges of income tax evasion. Since 1964 he had supported the presidential ambitions of Governor Within days of Rockefeller's announcement, Agnew was being wooed by supporters of the former vice president At the convention, held August 5–8, Agnew abandoned his favorite son status, placing Nixon's name in nomination.In his acceptance speech, Agnew told the convention he had "a deep sense of the improbability of this moment".In 1968, the Nixon-Agnew ticket faced two principal opponents.
The Democrats, at Initially, Agnew played the centrist, pointing to his civil rights record in Maryland.Throughout September, Agnew was in the news, generally as a result of what one reporter called his "offensive and sometimes dangerous banality".Immediately after the 1968 election, Agnew was still uncertain what Nixon would expect of him as vice president.Nixon established transition headquarters in New York, but Agnew was not invited to meet with him there until November 27, when the two met for an hour. By contrast with his elderly opponent, Agnew was able to campaign as a "White Knight" promising change; his program included an anti-discrimination bill requiring public amenities such as parks, bars and restaurants be open to all races, policies that neither Birmingham nor any Maryland Democrat could have introduced at that time without angering supporters.Agnew's four-year term as county executive saw a moderately progressive administration, which included the building of new schools, increases to teachers' salaries, reorganization of the police department, and improvements to the water and sewer systems.As county executive, Agnew was sometimes criticized for being too close to rich and influential businessmen,As his four-year term as executive neared its end, Agnew knew that his chances of re-election were slim, given that the county's Democrats had healed their rift.In the Democratic party, three candidates—a moderate, a liberal and an outright segregationist—battled for their party's After the campaign, it emerged that Agnew had failed to report three alleged attempts to bribe him that had been made on behalf of the slot-machine industry, involving sums of $20,000, $75,000 and $200,000, if he would promise not to veto legislation keeping the machines legal in Agnew's term as governor was marked by an agenda which included tax reform, clean water regulations, and the repeal of laws against interracial marriage.For the most part, Agnew remained somewhat aloof from the state legislature,Agnew publicly supported civil rights, but deplored the militant tactics used by some black leaders.At least until the April 1968 disturbances, Agnew's image was that of a liberal Republican.
Nació en Towson, Maryland, col nome de Spiros Anagnostopoulos. Spiro Agnew was born on November 9, 1918 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA as Spiro Theodore Agnew.
Get exclusive access to content from our 1768 First Edition with your subscription. Unlike Calhoun, Agnew resigned as a result of a scandal. He died on September 17, 1996 in Berlin, Maryland. UU. Spiro Theodore Agnew (November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was the 39th Vice President of the United States.He served under President Richard Nixon.He was also the 55th governor of the state of Maryland and the first Greek American governor in United States history..
Until now, Agnew had been largely apolitical; his nominal allegiance had been to the Agnew made his first bid for political office in 1956, when he sought to be a Republican candidate for Baltimore County Council. He defended Nixon on Watergate, and when McGovern alleged that the Nixon administration was the most corrupt in history, made a speech in South Dakota, describing McGovern as a "desperate candidate who can't seem to understand that the American people don't want a philosophy of defeat and self-hate put upon them".The race was never close, as the McGovern/Shriver ticket's campaign was effectively over before it even began, and the Nixon/Agnew ticket won 49 states and over 60 percent of the vote in gaining re-election; Massachusetts and the District of Columbia being alone in the Nixon/Agnew ticket not carrying them. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree.... This article was most recently revised and updated by Still, he urged a firm line against violence,Nixon had Agnew deliver a series of speeches attacking their political opponents.
It had become usual for the vice president to preside over the Senate only if he might be needed to break a tie, but Agnew opened every session for the first two months of his term, and spent more time presiding, in his first year, than any vice president since The public image of Agnew as an uncompromising critic of the violent protests that had marked 1968 persisted into his vice presidency, and at first, he tried to take a more conciliatory tone, in line with Nixon's own speeches after taking office.