On October 10th, 1973, VP Spiro Agnew resigned in shame from office.

History:

Less than a year before Richard M. Nixon ’s resignation as president of the United States, his Vice President, Spiro Agnew , resigns in disgrace. The same day, he pleaded no contest to a charge of federal income tax evasion in exchange for the dropping of charges of political corruption. He was subsequently fined $10,000, sentenced to three years probation and disbarred by the Maryland court of appeals.

Agnew was the second Vice President in history to resign the office. The first was John Calhoun, who stepped down in 1832 after citing political differences with president Andrew Jackson and showing interest in filling a vacant Senate seat.

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Under the process decreed by the 25th Amendment to the

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