AGNEW, Spiro Theodore, Vice President of the United
States; born in Baltimore, Md., November 9, 1918; educated
in the public schools of Baltimore; attended the Johns Hopkins University; graduated from the University of Baltimore
Law School 1947; served in the United States Army during
the Second World War and the Korean conflict; practiced
law in Baltimore; elected county executive of Baltimore
County 1962; elected Governor of Maryland 1966; elected
Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket
with President Richard M. Nixon on November 5, 1968;
resigned as Governor of Maryland on January 7, 1969; inaugurated 39th Vice President of the United States on January
20, 1969; reelected Vice President, November 7, 1972;
charged with accepting bribes and falsifying federal tax returns, pleaded nolo contendere to the latter charge in federal
court, and resigned October 10, 1973; international trade
executive; was a resident of Rancho Mirage, Calif., and
Ocean City, Md.; died September 17, 1996, in Ocean City;
cremated, ashes interred at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Md.