Agnew, Spiro

A political leader of the twentieth century. Agnew was elected vice president in 1968 and 1972 as the running mate of Richard Nixon . He attacked opponents of the involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War , calling them “an effete corps of impudent snobs” and “nattering nabobs of negativism.” In 1973 Agnew pleaded nolo contendere to charges of income tax evasion and resigned from office.

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The first, Spiro Agnew, won in 1966 as the liberal running against a segregationist Democrat.

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