VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO T. AGNEW - DOCUMENT SIGNED 11/18/1965 - HFSID 15434

 

SPIRO T. AGNEW
County Executive Spiro Agnew signs a contract for building roads in Ripplewood.
Partly Printed Document Signed: "Spiro T. Agnew" as Baltimore County Executive, 2p, 8½x11, separate sheets. Baltimore, Maryland, 1965 November 18. Contract between Baltimore County and the B&W Construction Company by which work will be performed on "Roads in Ripplewood, 2nd Addition/District 2, Baltimore County, Maryland" for $14,955. Also bears signatures of four other officials. In 1962, Republican attorney Spiro Theodore Agnew (1918-1996), born Spiro Anagnostopoulos, was elected as County Executive of Baltimore County, Maryland, his first public office. An outsider in a predominantly Democratic county, in 1966, Democrats selected an opponent of integration as their candidate for the state's Governor and Agnew won the governorship. Sworn in as Governor of Maryland in January 1967, Agnew, who became noted for his backing of tax and judicial reforms, resigned on January 7, 1969, having been elected as Richard M. Nixon's Vice President. Reelected to the vice presidency in 1972, Agnew resigned on October 10, 1973 in the face of charges that he had accepted $29,500 in bribes while Governor of Maryland (and allegedly continued to receive bribes while Vice President) and falsified federal tax returns. Agnew, who pleaded nolo contendere to the income tax charge in federal court, was sentenced to three years probation and fined $10,000. Disbarred in Maryland, he became an international trade executive after leaving office. Lightly creased. 3 file holes at blank left margin, staple holes at upper left blank corner. Government stamp and embossing on signature page, not touching signatures. Overall, fine condition.