Spiro Agnew

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Vice President of the United States human lawyer politician

Spiro Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, known for his combative rhetoric and for resigning from office in 1973 amid a bribery and tax evasion scandal.

Aliases (3)

Agnew ×1
Spiro Agnew (as Vice President, office vacant between) ×1
Spiro Theodore Agnew ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Vice President of the United States → human → lawyer → politician →
birthDate	1918-11-09 →
birthPlace	Baltimore, Maryland, United States →
burialPlace	Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Maryland, United States →
causeOfResignation	bribery scandal → tax evasion charges →
conflictParticipatedIn	Korean War → World War II →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfResignation	1973-10-10 →
deathDate	1996-09-17 →
deathPlace	Berlin, Maryland, United States →
education	Johns Hopkins University → University of Baltimore School of Law →
electedIn	1968 United States presidential election →
endTime	1973-10-10 →
ethnicGroup	Greek American →
familyName	Agnew →
father	Theodore Spiros Agnew →
fullName	Spiro Theodore Agnew →
givenName	Spiro →
governorOf	Maryland →
ideology	conservatism →
knownFor	combative rhetoric against political opponents → resignation as Vice President in 1973 →
legalOutcome	pleaded no contest to tax evasion →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Republican Party (United States) →
militaryService	United States Army →
mother	Margaret Marian Pollard →
numberOfChildren	4 →
ordinalInOffice	39th Vice President of the United States →
placeOfBurial	Timonium, Maryland, United States →
positionHeld	Baltimore County Executive → Governor of Maryland → Vice President of the United States →
predecessor	Hubert Humphrey →
reasonForLeavingOffice	resignation →
reElectedIn	1972 United States presidential election →
religion	Episcopalian →
servedUnder	Richard Nixon →
spouse	Judy Agnew →
startTime	1969-01-20 →
successor	Gerald Ford →
termEndAsGovernor	1969-01-07 →
termStartAsGovernor	1967-01-25 →
vicePresidentOf	United States of America →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nixon administration → Richard Nixon →	vicePresident
Spiro Agnew ("Agnew") →	familyName
Spiro Agnew ("Spiro Theodore Agnew") →	fullName
Leslie Lynch King Jr. →	precededByAsVicePresident
Gerald Ford ("Spiro Agnew (as Vice President, office vacant between)") →	predecessor
93rd United States Congress →	PresidentOfTheSenate
91st United States Congress →	presidentOfTheSenate
1968 United States presidential election →	RepublicanRunningMate
Nixon 1972 presidential campaign →	runningMate
United States presidential election, 1972 →	runningMateOfWinner
92nd United States Congress →	senatePresident
Committee to Re-elect the President →	supportedRunningMate