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|death_place = Berlin, Maryland, U.S. |party = Republican |spouse = Judy Judefind |children = Pamela James Randy Susan Kimberly |alma_mater = Johns Hopkins University (B.A.) University of Baltimore (J.D.) |religion = Episcopalianism〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The religion of Spiro T. Agnew, U.S. Vice-President )〕 |signature = Spiro T Agnew Signature.svg |signature_alt = Cursive signature in ink |allegiance = |branch = |battles = World War II |serviceyears = 1941–1945 |mawards = Bronze Star }} Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918 – September 17, 1996) was an American politician who served as the 39th Vice President of the United States from 1969 to 1973, under President Richard Nixon. Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and University of Baltimore School of Law. He was drafted into the United States Army in 1941, serving as an officer during the Second World War, and was recalled for service during the Korean War in 1950. Agnew worked as an aide for U.S. Representative James Devereux before he was appointed to the Baltimore County Board of Zoning Appeals in 1957. In 1960, he lost an election for the Baltimore City Circuit Court, but in 1962 was elected Baltimore County Executive. In 1966, Agnew was elected the 55th Governor of Maryland, defeating his Democratic opponent George P. Mahoney. He was the first Greek American to hold the position, serving between 1967 and 1969. At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Agnew, who had earlier been asked to place Richard Nixon's name in nomination, was selected in private by Nixon and his campaign staff. He was then presented to the convention delegates for nomination for Vice President and ran alongside Nixon in the Presidential Election of 1968. Nixon and Agnew defeated the incumbent Vice President, Hubert Humphrey (formerly long-time Senator from Minnesota) and Senator Edmund Muskie of Maine. In 1972, Nixon and Agnew were reelected for a second term, defeating Senator George McGovern and Ambassador Sargent Shriver. In 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. He was charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President. On October 10 that same year, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President. Nixon later replaced Agnew by appointing House Minority Leader Gerald Ford as Vice President. The following year, when Nixon was forced to resign from the White House due to the Watergate scandal, Ford assumed to the presidency. Agnew was the second Vice President in United States history to resign, the other being John C. Calhoun, and the only one to do so because of criminal charges. Nearly ten years after leaving office, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations. In describing Agnew, Gary Wills borrows the backhanded compliment once paid Coolidge by H.L. Mencken: "No man ever came to market with less seductive goods, and no man ever got a better price for what he had to offer." 〔(Wills, Nixon Agonistes: The Crisis of the Self-Made Man (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1970), 277 )〕 Agnew is widely considered by historians to be among the worst Vice Presidents in the history of the United States. ==Early life== Spiro Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Theodore Spiros Agnew, a Greek immigrant who shortened his name from Anagnostopoulos (Αναγνωστόπουλος) (originally from Gargalianoi, Messenia) when he moved to the United States,〔(Spiro T. Agnew – Encyclopædia Britannica ) (Retrieved October 13, 2007)〕 and Margaret Marian (Akers) Pollard Agnew, a native of Virginia. Spiro had a half brother, Roy Pollard, from his mother's first marriage (she was widowed at the time she met Spiro's father).〔 Agnew was raised in his father's Greek Orthodox Church. His Greek family has direct lineage from the island of Chios. Agnew attended Forest Park Senior High School in Baltimore, before enrolling at Johns Hopkins University in 1937. He studied chemistry at Hopkins for three years. Agnew was drafted into the United States Army in 1941 and was commissioned on May 25, 1942, upon graduation from Army Officer Candidate School.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_maryland/col2-content/main-content-list/title_agnew_spiro.html )〕 He served with the 10th Armored Division〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.msa.md.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/001400/001486/html/1486bio.html )〕 in Europe during World War II. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in France and Germany.〔〔 Before leaving for Europe, Agnew worked at the Maryland Casualty Company where he met Elinor Judefind, known as Judy.〔(Martin, Douglas. "Judy Agnew, Wife of Vice President, Dies at 91," ''The New York Times'', Thursday, June 28, 2012. )〕 Agnew married her on May 27, 1942.〔 They had four children: Pamela, James Rand, Susan and Kimberly. Upon his return from the war, Agnew transferred to the evening program at the University of Baltimore School of Law. He studied law at night while working as a grocer and as an insurance salesman during the day. In 1947, Agnew received his LL.B. (later amended to Juris Doctor) and moved to the suburbs to begin practicing law. He passed the Maryland bar exam in June 1949. Agnew was recalled to service with the Army in 1950 during the Korean War.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spiro Agnew」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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