Spiro Theodore Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 9, 1918, the son of a Greek immigrant whose name originally was Anagnostopoulos. Republican presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon chose him as his running mate in 1968. He resigned in 1973 when he was fined for income tax evasion.
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- Spiro T. Agnew, 39th Vice President (1969-1973) Biography, including discussion of the issues that surrounded his term in the vice presidency. From the Senate Historical Office.
- Wikipedia: Spiro Agnew Biographical article from the online encyclopedia.
- Spiro T. Agnew papers Describes the organization and contents of Agnew's papers, which are now in the University of Maryland Library collections.