Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th vice president of the United States from Jan. 20, 1969 to Oct. 10, 1973, when he was forced to resign after pleading no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion.

Whom did Nixon choose as his vice president? Most Americans will not recall Spiro Agnew, the disgraced former governor of Maryland. Agnew had a modest resume, serving as a Maryland county ...