For 10 points, name this Republican who served as governor of Maryland and as Richard Nixon's first vice president.
Mark O'Mara, Bradley Barton, and Karen Rankin are characters in a strongly anti-journalistic novel by this politician titled The Canfield Decision.  This man won one position by beating George Mahoney, who campaigned using the slogan "your home is your castle," largely because of his pro-integration stance.  Primarily because of the actions of Banzhaf's Bandits, he was forced to pay over 250,000 dollars in money to the government in reparation for accepting that amount in (*) bribes; it was for pleading no contest to charges of tax evasion, though, that he was forced to resign his highest position, where he was succeeded by Gerald Ford.  For 10 points, name this Republican who served as governor of Maryland and as Richard Nixon's first vice president.
Mark O'Mara, Bradley Barton, and Karen Rankin are characters in a strongly anti-journalistic novel by this politician titled The Canfield Decision.  
Spiro {Agnew} (accept {The Canfield Decision} before "this politician" with a due sense of awe)