Vance brings to mind Spiro Agnew, whose selection by Republican Richard Nixon in 1968 baffled party veterans. But it soon became obvious why Nixon chose Agnew: to appeal to angry right-wingers.

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.

No sitting president has ever attended a Super Bowl, though three sitting vice-presidents have gone to the game, according to the New York Post (Spiro Agnew in 1971, George H.W. Bush in 1982, and ...

WASHINGTON — This month marks the 51st anniversary of one of the biggest stories-- and biggest surprises -- we’ve ever covered at WUSA9. The sudden resignation of then Vice President Spiro ...

When Richard Nixon lifted the Governor of Maryland from a position of relative obscurity to the second spot on the Republican Party's tick et last month, Spiro Theodore Agnew reacted with becoming ...