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Also Known As Spiro T. Agnew • Spiro Theodore Agnew
Born November 9, 1918 • Baltimore • Maryland
Died September 17, 1996 (aged 77) • Maryland
Title / Office vice president of the United States of America (1969-1973), United States • vice president (1968-1973), United States • governor (1967-1974), Maryland
Political Affiliation Republican Party

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