Music provided Agnew with enough money to fund his studies at the Boston University School of Law.
[3] In 1938 he was nominated by Governor Charles F. Hurley for the position of director of Fisheries and Game.
His election was opposed a group of eight freshmen councilors and one second term member (Mildred M. Harris), who voted for William J. Galvin.
[5] Agnew withdrew from the race on January 13, citing his added duties as Fish and Game Commissioner.
[10] Agnew refused the appointment and two months later accepted the position of corporation council of Boston.
[3] The sixteen-candidate race was won by Chester A. Dolan Jr.[11] Agnew died on October 30, 1956, in Boston following a long illness.