Agnew's moderate image, immigrant background, and success in a traditionally Democratic state made him an attractive running mate for the 1968 Republican presidential nominee, former Vice President Richard Nixon.

The second time was when Ford, after becoming President upon Nixon's resignation, chose Nelson Rockefeller ( originally Agnew's mentor in the moderate wing of the Republican Party ) to succeed him as Vice President.

* The 30th Anniversary of Agnew's Resignation As Vice President ( University of Maryland )

* There was no Vice President during the two months in 1973 between Spiro Agnew's resignation as Vice President and Gerald Ford's confirmation as Vice President.

On October 12, 1973, following Spiro Agnew's resignation two days earlier, President Richard Nixon nominated Representative Gerald Ford of Michigan to succeed Agnew as Vice President.

Laird was reportedly the elder statesman chosen by the Republicans to convince Vice President Spiro Agnew to resign his position after Agnew's personal corruption became a public scandal.

He also had a prominent role in the selection of Gerald Ford as Agnew's replacement as Vice President.

At the 1968 Republican National Convention, Agnew's nomination was supported by many conservatives within the Republican Party, and by Nixon himself.

Agnew's official portrait was removed damnatione memoriae from the Maryland State House Governor's Reception Room from 1979 until 1995.

Then-Governor Parris Glendening stated that in re-including Agnew's portrait, it was not up to anyone to alter history, whether for good or bad, citing Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Following his resignation due to charges of corruption, Agnew's official gubernatorial portrait was removed Damnatio memoriae from the Maryland State House Governor's Reception Room from 1979 until 1995.

Then-Governor Parris Glendening stated that in re-including Agnew's portrait that it was not up to anyone to alter history, whether for good or bad, citing Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Three weeks later it was stolen from Agnew's gallery, a theft that was highly publicised at the time, and for years the newspapers printed stories about claimed sightings of the painting.

Agnew's resignation was the first occasion since the ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in which it was possible for a member of one party to assume the presidency after a member of the opposing party vacated the office.

Because of Agnew's apparent weakness as a candidate relative to Muskie, Humphrey was heard to remark that voters ' uncertainties about whom to choose between the two major presidential candidates should be resolved by their attitudes toward the Vice-Presidential candidates.

He was replaced by bassist Pete Agnew's son Lee for later editions of the band.

That year was his most successful yet with four paintings hung at the Academy and all sold, one of the buyers being the art dealer Agnew's who bought much of his work during his lifetime.

She said that it was baked " under close supervision " by her following Jonathan Agnew's light hearted questioning of her as to whether she might have baked it herself.

" Rockefeller said that he would serve the remainder of the term to which Spiro Agnew had been elected in 1972 ; after Agnew's resignation, Ford, and then Rockefeller, had become the only persons to ever be appointed as U. S. Vice-President.

In 1996, when Agnew died, Nixon's daughters returned the favor by attending Agnew's funeral.

Mulraj handed over the keys of the fortress, but as Vans Agnew's party attempted to take possession, they were attacked by a party of Mulraj's irregular troops, and a mob from the city.

Nixon would have liked to replace Agnew on the Republican ticket in 1972 with John Connally, his chosen successor for ' 76, but he realized that Agnew's large conservative base of supporters would be in an uproar, so he reluctantly kept him as his running mate.

The range runs north and south, and, following this direction the highest points are Knocklayd, Slieveanorra, Trostan, Slemish, Agnew's Hill and Divis.

Chloë Agnew's solo version is recorded on her self-titled album.

* Todd Agnew's song " My Jesus " says that the singer thinks Jesus would prefer Beale Street to the stained glass crowd.

He presented Vans Agnew's head to Sirdar Khan Singh, and told him to take it back to Lahore.

Soon after, he was elected as the 29th Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presidency upon the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923.

When the Democrats took control of the Senate in December 1845, they chose Atchison as President pro tempore, placing him third in succession for the Presidency, and also giving him the duty of presiding over the Senate when the Vice President was absent.

Vice President Alfredo Palacio assumed the Presidency and vowed to complete the term of office and hold elections in 2006.

The Twenty-fifth Amendment explicitly states that when the Presidency is vacant, then the Vice President becomes President.

Category: Vice Presidency of the United States

Category: Vice Presidency of the United States

As the highest-ranking member of the cabinet, the Secretary of State is the third-highest official of the executive branch of the Federal Government of the United States, after the President and Vice President and is fourth in line to succeed the Presidency, coming after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President pro tempore of the Senate.

The Vice President is the first person in the presidential line of succession, and would ascend to the Presidency upon the death, resignation, or removal of the President.

The Constitution limits the formal powers and role of Vice President to becoming President should the President become unable to serve ( due to the death, resignation, or medical impairment of the President ), prompting the well-known expression " only a heartbeat away from the Presidency ", and to acting as the presiding officer of the U. S. Senate.

John Tyler was the first Vice President to assume the Presidency following the death of his William Henry Harrison | predecessor.

Gerald Ford was the first Vice President selected by this method, after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973 ; after succeeding to the Presidency, Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller as Vice President.

John Nance Garner, who served as Vice President from 1933 to 1941 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, claimed that the Vice Presidency " isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.

In recent decades, the Vice Presidency has frequently been used to launch bids for the Presidency.

Scholars disagree whether a former President barred from election to the Presidency is also ineligible to be elected Vice President, as suggested by the Twelfth Amendment.

While this solved the problem at hand, it ultimately had the effect of lowering the prestige of the Vice Presidency, as the office was no longer for the leading challenger for the Presidency.

As a result, the Vice Presidency was left vacant 16 times — sometimes for nearly four years — until the next ensuing election and inauguration: eight times due to the death of the sitting president, resulting in the Vice Presidents becoming President ; seven times due to the death of the sitting Vice President ; and once due to the resignation of Vice President John C. Calhoun to become a senator.