Spiro Agnew

Biography

Spiro Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973. Born in Baltimore to a Greek immigrant father and American mother, Agnew graduated from Johns Hopkins University and the University of Baltimore School of Law before entering politics. He served as governor of Maryland from 1966 and was elected to the position with a centrist reputation that appealed to Richard Nixon, who named him as running mate in 1968.