- Was forced to resign as Vice President when it was discovered, while as Governor of Maryland, he had participated in a money-laundering scheme. He pleaded "nolo contendere" in court and promptly resigned the V.P. job.
- Agnew was forced to resign on Oct. 10, 1973, after a US Justice Department investigation uncovered evidence of corruption during his years in Maryland politics; he was also suspected of having 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, fined $10,000 and was disbarred (1974) in Maryland.
- Close friends with the last man to walk on the moon, astronaut Eugene Cernan.
- U.S. Vice President under President Richard Nixon (1969-73).
- Agnew was also known for his eloquent use of the English lanquage.
- He became (1967) governor of Maryland, where he won passage of an open housing law and expanded the state's antipoverty programs.
- Second U.S. vice president to resign from office. The first was John C. Calhoun, who resigned 28 December 1832, while serving as vice president during President Andrew Jackson's first term.
- Buried at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, Maryland.
- His father was a Greek immigrant whose family surname originally was Anagnostopoulos. His mother was from a family that had lived in the United States since the 1600s, and had English ancestry.
- Admitted to the bar in 1949, he entered politics as a Republican and was elected (1961) chief executive of Baltimore County.
- Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 2-4. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
- Cousin of Stanley Fields.
- Christian name pronounced "Spy-row".
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