David Hayes Agnew ( November 24, 1818 – March 22, 1892 ) was an American surgeon.

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.

Spiro Theodore Agnew (; November 9, 1918September 17, 1996 ) was the 39th Vice President of the United States ( 1969 – 1973 ), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland ( 1967 – 1969 ).

During his fifth year as Vice President, in the late summer of 1973, Agnew was under investigation by the United States Attorney's office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery and conspiracy.

On October 10, 1973, 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.

Spiro Agnew was born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Agnew was raised in his father's Greek Orthodox religion, and later converted to Episcopalianism.

Agnew was drafted into the U. S. Army in 1941 and was commissioned an officer on May 25, 1942, upon graduation from Army Officer Candidate School.

In line with what would later be called Nixon's " Southern Strategy ", Agnew was selected as a candidate because he was sufficiently from the South to attract Southern moderate voters, yet was not identified with the Deep South, which might have alienated Northern centrists come election time.

As late as early 1968, Agnew was a strong supporter of Nelson Rockefeller, one of Nixon's opponents, but by June had switched to supporting Nixon.

Agnew soon found his role as the voice of the so-called " silent majority ", and by late 1969 he was ranking high on national " Most Admired Men " polls.

Agnew was known for his scathing criticisms of political opponents, especially journalists and anti-war activists.

Agnew was often characterized as Nixon's " hatchet man " when defending the administration on the Vietnam War.

Agnew was chosen to make several powerful speeches in which he spoke out against anti-war protesters and media portrayal of the Vietnam War, labeling them " Un-American ".

By some accounts, the notoriously thin-skinned President was also resentful that the self-confident Agnew was so popular with many Americans.

By 1970, Agnew was limited to seeing the president only during cabinet meetings or in the occasional and brief one-on-one, with Agnew given no opportunity to discuss much of anything of substance.

One plan to achieve this was to try to persuade conservative investors to purchase one of the television networks, and then invite Agnew to run it.

Another was to see if Bob Hope would be willing to take Agnew on as his partner in his cable television investments.

In April 1973, when revelations about Watergate began to surface, Agnew was the choice of 35 percent of Republican voters to be the next Republican nominee for President, while then-California Governor Ronald Reagan was second on the Gallup Poll.

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Amos is an enthusiast of cricket and talked about her love of the game with Jonathan Agnew on Test Match Special during the lunch break of the first day of the England v New Zealand test at Old Trafford in May 2008.

He and Wise were succeeded as UKIP MEPs for the East of England by David Campbell-Bannerman and Stuart Agnew.

* Jonathan Agnew, England, Leicestershire cricketer and Chief Cricket Correspondent for BBC Radio

A more recent example of double entendres was when Agnew was commentating about England batsman Kevin Pietersen replacing a bat rubber talking about the process of rolling it down the handle, and leaving Vaughan having to deadpan admit he was no good at putting a rubber on, before eventually collapsing in a fit of giggles.

A further example occurred during the second test match between England and the West Indies at Trent Bridge in May 2012-during a discussion on the conflicting schedules of personal and professional life as a cricketer, Sir Vivian Richards revealed that he had cut short his honeymoon in order to play in a test match, prompting Agnew to ask, " Did you get any?

* Agnew baronets, a title in Scotland and England

Later on, in Manchester, England, Agnew & Zanetti Repository of Art acquired Arthur Tait who began self-learning to paint, as a twelve-year-old boy.

The Vale has been publicised in recent years by former Leicestershire and England cricketer and current BBC cricket correspondent Jonathan Agnew on the BBC Radio cricket commentary show Test Match Special.