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 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.

* Barbara Sharma as the dancing meter-maid who ticketed anything from trees to baby carriages, and often praised vice president Spiro Agnew, calling him ' Pres-ee-dent Agnew.

Celebrity guests, such as former Vice President Spiro Agnew, singers Plácido Domingo and John Lennon ( formerly of The Beatles ), President Bill Clinton, and even Kermit the Frog, were often featured during the game to " liven up " the broadcast.

Johnston was responsible for a number of the TMS traditions, including the creation, often using the so-called Oxford "- er ", of the nicknames of fellow commentators ( for example, Jonathan Agnew is still known as " Aggers ", Henry Blofeld as " Blowers " and the late, lamented Bill Frindall as " the Bearded Wonder " (" Bearders ").

Republican Vice Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew, then the governor of Maryland, often used the expression ; Agnew and Nixon won and were reelected in 1972.

The first such instance occurred in 1973 following the resignation of Spiro Agnew as Richard Nixon's Vice President.

In the end, Nixon's wishes prevailed, with Agnew receiving 1119 out of the 1317 votes cast.

As a gesture of reconciliation, Nixon's daughters invited Agnew to attend Nixon's funeral in 1994, and Agnew complied.

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

In the months leading up to Nixon's 1969 speech, his vice-president Spiro T. Agnew said on May 9, " It is time for America's silent majority to stand up for its rights, and let us remember the American majority includes every minority.

" He argued that Nixon's conservative tactics ( meaning particularly the speeches of Vice-President Spiro Agnew ) were playing into the hands of radicals.

The press discussed Brooke as a possible replacement for Spiro Agnew as Nixon's running mate in the 1972 presidential election.

A few years later, in 1971 and 1973, Burger was on Nixon's short list of vice-presidential replacements for Vice President Spiro Agnew, along with John Connally, Ronald Reagan, and Nelson Rockefeller.

In 1973, during Albert's second term as Speaker and Nixon's second term as president, Vice President Spiro Agnew was investigated for tax evasion and money laundering for bribes he took while he was Governor of Maryland.

Three consecutive pages show a fictionalized end to Richard Nixon's presidency which loosely parallels the end of Gary Tison's life: First Nixon is arrested for his connection to the Watergate scandal ; the next week's headline says he then escaped and is on the lam ; the third says he was gunned down in a shootout with cops ( but Spiro Agnew is still at large ).

He had also been considered for Nixon's vice presidential running mate, but lost out to Agnew.

During the 1968 presidential election, Finch was Nixon's first choice as his Vice Presidential running mate, but Finch declined and Nixon then chose Governor of Maryland Spiro Agnew.

House Minority Leader Gerald Ford proposed New York City Mayor John Lindsay for Vice President but Nixon turned to another moderate, Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew, who placed Nixon's name in nomination at the convention.

His parents were Theodore Spiros Agnew, a Greek immigrant who shortened his name from Anagnostopoulos ( Αναγνωστόπουλος ) when he moved to the US, and Margaret Marian ( Akers ) Pollard Agnew, a native of Virginia.

However, during the riots that followed the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., in the spring of 1968, Agnew angered many African American leaders when he stated in reference to their constituents, " I call on you to publicly repudiate all black racists.

He also inspired a fashion craze when one entrepreneur introduced Spiro Agnew watches ( a take off on the popular Mickey Mouse watch ); conservatives wore them to show their support for Agnew, while many liberals wore them to signify their contempt.

Had Agnew remained as Vice President when Nixon resigned just 10 months later, Agnew himself would have become the 38th President, as well as a strong candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1976, both of which instead went to Ford.

In theatre, the pseudonyms George or Georgina Spelvin, David Agnew, and Walter Plinge are used to hide the identity of a performer, usually when he or she is " doubling " ( playing more than one role in the same play ).

Agnew added: " In these moments of crisis, when the country is split — so historians are split ".

In 1914 the sale of a portrait study of D. Hayes Agnew for The Agnew Clinic to Dr. Albert C. Barnes precipitated much publicity when rumors circulated that the selling price was fifty thousand dollars.

Its greatest accomplishment came on September 8, 1963, when Baltimore County Executive Spiro Agnew and other officials dedicated the new Perry Hall library on Belair Road.

Brian Johnston, who was as happy on the stage and working in light entertainment presentation as he was in the commentary box, was the master of this style which on occasion could lead to hilarity in the box, most notably on one occasion in August 1991 at The Oval when Agnew referred to Ian Botham's dismissal " hit wicket " as Botham " just couldn't quite get his leg over!

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.

In letters home soldiers had called the original valley " The Valley of Death ", and Tennyson's poem used the same phrase, so when in September 1855 Thomas Agnew put the picture on show, as one of a series of eleven collectively titled Panorama of the Plateau of Sebastopol in Eleven Parts in a London exhibition, he took the troops '— and Tennyson's — epithet, expanded it as The Valley of the Shadow of Death with its deliberate evocation of Psalm 23, and assigned it to the piece ; it is not the location of the famous charge, which took place in a long, broad valley several miles to the south-east.

In a 1913 interview in Motion Picture Acting by Francis Agnew, he prophetically mused, “ I believe the time is coming when motion picture machines will be a part of the equipment of every school and college in the country, and many branches of learning now so objectionable to children will be made interesting by the use of motion pictures.

He was also considered for a spot on the Republican ticket in 1964 and as a possible replacement for Spiro Agnew, when he resigned as Vice President of the United States in 1973.

Vigil, Sargent, and Agnew had been playing together in the Seattle band Barbie's Dream Car when their bassist left for Europe.

The Super Heroines released several albums, and when Rikk Agnew left Christian Death, Rozz asked Eva to fill in on guitar.

County bowlers such as Jonathan Agnew spoke of being " Nedded " when he performed well against them.

Neal, a strong supporter of the Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter, polled almost the same raw vote as Mizell had four years earlier, when he was running on the Nixon -- Agnew slate.

Maryland National Guard troops remained on duty in the city until April 14, when Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew declared the emergency over and sent them home.