Vice President Agnew was forced out of office because he was a crook. He exchanged government contracts for bribes, also called a quid pro quo.
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office on October 10, 1973.
Spiro Agnew was the vice-president of the US from January 30,1969 until October 10,1973 when he resigned his office.
Spiro Agnew is the only vide president forced to resign because he took bribes prior to becoming vice president. From Wikipedia: 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. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000, while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States. 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. Agnew is the only Vice President in U.S. history to resign because of criminal charges. Ten years after leaving office, in January 1983, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew retrieved on April 29, 2009)
Spiro Agnew
Gerald Ford was appointed vice-president when Agnew resigned his office.
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no- Agnew was forced to resign while Nixon was still President. Gerald Ford was chosen to take Agnew's place as vice-president.
Spiro Agnew was infamous for being corrupt. He was the only vice president to resign his office because of criminal charges such as: Bribery, Tax Fraud, Extortion and conspiracy. He was also the first Greek American to become Vice President. When Agnew resigned, he was replaced by Gerald Ford, who would then become the President of the United States when Richard Nixon resigned. Gerald Ford is the only United States President who was not elected by voters for the Office of President or Vice President.
Spiro Agnew was the Vice President before Gerald Ford, serving with President Richard Nixon. Agnew resigned due to corruption charges.
He resigned the office of vice president of the United States
Spiro Agnew was the Vice President that was forced to resign in 1973 and he was replaced by Congressman Gerald R. Ford, who became President in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon was forced to resign. President Gerald R. Ford is the only President who was not directly voted for President, or Vice President, by the people voting in a general election who held the office. It was the first, and only time, both the elected President and Vice President had to leave office, and someone else had to be President.
After being forced to resign as VP, his party did not consider him to be a viable candidate for president. Spiro Agnew was never elected to the presidency. When Nixon resigned as President, Agnew was no longer the Vice President.