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Speaker  

Spiro Agnew

Location  

Washington, D.C.

Date  

October 15, 1973

Length  

1 minute 59 seconds

 
 

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Born
November 9, 1918 in Baltimore, MD

Died
Sept. 17, 1996 in Berlin, MD

Role
1962 Elected Baltimore County executive
1966 Elected Governor of Maryland
1968 Elected Vice President
1972 Re-elected Vice President
1973 Pleads no contest to charges of tax evasion
1973 Resigns the Vice Presidency

Education
Studied law at the University of Baltimore

 


 

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Remembering Agnew

Posted by Bill Hughes on Friday, March 2 - 10:34 AM

Agnew taught the sujbect of "Torts" at the U. of Baltimore Law School in the early '60s. I was one of his students. He was a fine teacher and very popular. Agnew was then the Baltimore Co. Executive. He later went on to serve as governor of Maryland.
I'm a life long democrat, but I felt very sorry to see Agnew caught up in the bribery scandal that would lead to his disgrace and fall from power.
I thought his former cronies, who couldn't wait to rat him out, were a lot sleazier then he ever was or possibly could be.
May Agnew's soul rest in eteranl peace. God knows he got little peace here on this earth, especially at the end of his public career.


 

Repub licans

Posted by Richard Critchfield on Sunday, February 4 - 9:30 AM

Jackson i live in the south you have elected more republicans than any man that thay have had i rember when a republican could not get elected in the so but u have put more of them than any one i wopuld run for any office it you would supporft the guy that was running aganist please answer i am 75 yrs old a retired teamster


 

Posted by BOYD K. CAUDILL on Monday, August 14 - 2:02 AM

Met the Man at the Statehouse,as a CUB SCOUT. He seemed nice.The following yea r,






We met Governer Marvin Mandel.I like to think that I had a meeting with destiny(twice). I think that GovernerAGNEW was a good man.He took care of the people and was an Old Fashioned POL.



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What a noodle

Posted by Butch Hendricks on Tuesday, August 8 - 11:18 AM

It really is a wonder that Nixon's top aides were just as big a sham as he was. Wow were we being misled.


 

 

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