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Spiro Agnew
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On November 5, 1968, Richard Nixon and Spiro Agnew were elected President and Vice President of the United States. Nixon, a former representative and senator, had served two terms as Vice President under Eisenhower, and practiced law after his defeats for president in 1960 and Governor of California in 1962. Agnew, the first suburban politician to achieve national office, had served as Baltimore County Executive before being elected Governor of Maryland in 1966; both men were World War II veterans. Nixon and Agnew were re-elected to a second term in a landslide in 1972. Neither completed the second term of office, with both resigning, Agnew in 1972 because of income tax evasion due to payments received for favoring contractors while governor; Nixon the following year amid the Watergate scandal. Nixon made his way back into political life as an author and elder statesman prior to his death in 1994, Agnew for the most part remained out of the public eye prior to his death in 1996. (Full article...)
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- Main editors: Nixon: Wehwalt and Happyme22. Agnew: Wehwalt and Brianboulton
- Promoted: Agnew: 2017. Nixon: 2011. (rerun of 1/13/13)
- Reasons for nomination: 50th anniversary of election
- Support as nominator. Wehwalt (talk) 18:45, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
- Support - fine articles, notable, great blurb! I wiki-linked the election in, hope that's OK, support either revision --[E.3][chat2][me] 10:51, 24 October 2019 (UTC)