Elinor Isabel Judefind "Judy" Agnew (born April 23, 1921) is the widow of the 39th Vice President of the United States

Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the holder of a public office created by the United States Constitution. The Vice President, together with the President of the United States, is indirectly elected by the people, through the Electoral College, to a four-year term...

, Spiro Agnew

Spiro Agnew

Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th Vice President of the United States , serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland...

, who also served as Governor of Maryland

Governor of Maryland

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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she was daughter of William Lee Judefind, a chemist, and his wife, the former Ruth Elinor Schafer. Her paternal grandfather was a Methodist minister.

She married Agnew on May 27, 1942 in Baltimore; he had graduated from Army Officer Candidate School

Officer Candidate School (U.S. Army)

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two days earlier. They have four children: Pamela Lee Agnew (Mrs. Robert E. DeHaven), James Rand Agnew, Susan Scott Agnew (Mrs. Colin Neilson Macindoe), and Elinor Kimberly Agnew.