Spiro Agnew
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Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. He is the second of two vice presidents to resign the position, the first being John C. Calhoun in 1832.
Downtown Baltimore around the time of Agnew's birth
The courthouse at Towson, in Baltimore County, Maryland
A Civil Rights march, September 1963, protesting the Alabama church bombings. Agnew opposed such marches and demonstrations.
The 1972 United States presidential election was the 47th quadrennial presidential election held on Tuesday, November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican president Richard Nixon defeated Democratic U.S. senator George McGovern in a landslide victory. With 60.7% of the popular vote, Richard Nixon won the largest share of the popular vote for the Republican Party in any presidential election.
Image: George Mc Govern (D SD) (3x 4 1)
John Hospers received one faithless electoral vote from Virginia.
Image: Richard Nixon presidential portrait