![]() attorney in Office of Emergency Management, Washington, D.C., January 1942 to August 1942 during the Second World War served in the United States Navy from August 1942 to January 1946 and was discharged as a lieutenant commander elected as a Republican to the Eightieth and Eighty-first Congresses and served from January 3, 1947, until his resignation Novemelected to the Senate for the term commencing Janusubsequently appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Sheridan Downey and served from December 1, 1950, until his resignation January 1, 1953, to become Vice President elected Vice President of the United States on the Republican ticket with Dwight Eisenhower on November 4, 1952, for the term beginning Janureelected Vice President of the United States in 1956, and served from January 20, 1953, until Januunsuccessful Republican nominee for President of the United States in 1960 resumed the practice of law in Los Angeles and New York unsuccessful Republican nominee for Governor of California in 1962 elected President of the United States in 1968 and inaugurated Janureelected in 1972, and inaugurated Januresigned August 9, 1974, during impeachment proceedings against him in the House Judiciary Committee arising from matters surrounding the 'Watergate' affair accepted pardon from President Gerald R. “‘Great, just great,’ he said.NIXON, Richard Milhous, a Representative and a Senator from California and a Vice President and 37th President of the United States born in Yorba Linda, Orange County, Calif., Januattended the public schools graduated from Whittier (Calif.) College in 1934 and Duke University Law School, Durham, N.C., in 1937 admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Whittier, Calif. “‘I’m here to have a good time,’ Agnew retorted. “‘Can’t the vice president speak for himself?’ I countered. “‘No comment,’ bleated Sinatra, who stuck his arm in front of Agnew. “‘What are you doing in Chicago?’ (How’s that for a tough question?) “Not to disappoint my boss, I attempted to corner the men when they left their table. “Agnew then shot a glance at me and stated: ‘I think that’s a good idea.’ “So while Agnew downed curried morsels of lobster, shrimp and crabmeat and quaffed a $45 bottle of red wine, Sinatra abruptly turned toward me and loudly spouted: ‘I know a guy who kept a sign in his office which read, “Don’t discuss work.”’ It was hard to understand what anyone was saying. “My boss kept asking: ‘What are they saying?’ “So as Sinatra spooned creamed spinach and dolloped sauce onto his medium-rare steak, I watched Agnew, who had just resigned from office, draw an imaginary map on the tablecloth and point to a piece of saffron rice he identified as ‘Russia.’ The perfect setting at Table 43 for the golden voice and the king of barbs. Years ago, I wrote: “The lights were dim and the music soft. Rumors had surfaced that Sinatra and Agnew were planning to do business together, that Agnew was advising foreign governments. ![]() “Spiro Agnew is expected to be Frank Sinatra’s dinner mate at the Pump Room in ONE hour and I’ve made a reservation for two at a table next to him,” chirped my boss, who wanted to know what Agnew was doing. “Well, would you mind putting it on and meeting me at the Pump Room in one hour?” 27, 1973, I got a phone call from my editor. 11, the veep who once called reporters “nattering nabobs of negativism” disappeared in a cloud of what’s next. Or as newspaper columnist Richard Cohen once wrote: Agnew “went down because his numbers did not add up.” Justice Department - and 10 months before Nixon resigned in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. It was accompanied by a get-out-of-jail-free card from prosecutors in the U.S. 10, 1973, Agnew resigned from office after pleading no contest to federal income tax evasion. Rachel Maddow’s new book tells the story of Richard Nixon’s vice president, Spiro Agnew, and his corruption while in the White House.
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