Spiro T. Agnew AKA Spiro Theodore Agnew Born: 9-Nov-1918 Birthplace: Baltimore, MD Died: 17-Sep-1996 Location of death: Berlin, MD Cause of death: Cancer - Leukemia Remains: Cremated, Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, MD
Gender: Male Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Politician Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Vice President, 1969-73 Military service: US Army "I will not resign if indicted!"
A court finally compelled Agnew in 1983 to surrender $268,482 to the state of Maryland -- the amount of his illegal kickbacks he solicited from highway contractors, plus interest. Father: Theodore Spiro Anagnostopoulos (restaurateur) Mother: Margaret Akers Wife: Elinor Isabel Judefind ("Judy", m. 1942, d. 20-Jun-2012, one son, three daughters) Son: James Rand Agnew Daughter: Pamela Lee Daughter: Susan Scott Daughter: Elinor Kimberly
University: Johns Hopkins University (three years) Law School: JD, University of Baltimore Law School (1947)
US Vice President (20-Jan-1969 to 10-Oct-1973, resigned) Governor of Maryland (1967-69, resigned) Maryland State Official County Executive, Baltimore County, MD (1962) Alfalfa Club 1968 American Legion Kiwanis Club Maryland State Bar Association 1949 Order of AHEPA Veterans of Foreign Wars Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity Alfalfa Party candidate for US President Bronze Star Funeral: Lyndon Johnson (1973) Disbarred May-1974 Tax Evasion Funeral: Richard Nixon (1994) Greek Ancestry
Rotten Library Page: Spiro T. Agnew
Author of books:
Where He Stands: The Life and Convictions of Spiro T. Agnew (1968) Go Quietly... or Else (1980, memoir)
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