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  Carter, Jimmy
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NameJimmy Carter
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Born October 01, 1924 (99 years)
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InfoJames Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr.

Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse.

He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a submariner, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and rising to the rank of lieutenant. Chosen by Admiral Hyman Rickover for the nuclear submarine program, he was assigned to Schenectady, N.Y., where he took graduate work at Union College in reactor technology and nuclear physics, and served as senior officer of the pre-commissioning crew of the Seawolf.

On July 7, 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith. When his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and took his family back to Plains. He took over the Carter farms, and he and Rosalynn operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company. He quickly became a leader of the community, serving on county boards supervising education, the hospital authority, and the library. In 1962 he won election to the Georgia Senate. He lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming Georgia's 76th governor on January 12, 1971. He was the Democratic National Committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional elections.

On December 12, 1974, he announced his candidacy for president of the United States. He won his party's nomination on the first ballot at the 1976 Democratic National Convention, and was elected president on November 2, 1976.

Jimmy Carter served as president from January 20, 1977 to January 20, 1981. Significant foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the treaty of peace between Egypt and Israel, the SALT II treaty with the Soviet Union, and the establishment of U.S. diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China. He championed human rights throughout the world. On the domestic side, the administration's achievements included a comprehensive energy program conducted by a new Department of Energy; deregulation in energy, transportation, communications, and finance; major educational programs under a new Department of Education; and major environmental protection legislation, including the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.

Mr. Carter is the author of sixteen books, many of which are now in revised editions: Why Not the Best? 1975, 1996; A Government as Good as Its People, 1977, 1996; Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President, 1982, 1995; Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility, 1984; The Blood of Abraham, 1985, 1993; Everything to Gain: Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life, written with Rosalynn Carter, 1987, 1995; An Outdoor Journal, 1988, 1994; Turning Point: A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age, 1992, Talking Peace: A Vision for the Next Generation, 1993, 1995; Always a Reckoning, 1995; The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer, illustrated by Amy Carter, 1995; Living Faith, 1996; Sources of Strength: Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith, 1997; The Virtues of Aging, 1998; An Hour before Daylight: Memoirs of a Rural Boyhood, 2001; and Christmas in Plains: Memories, 2001; The Nobel Peace Prize Lecture, 2002; and The Hornet's Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War, 2003.

In 1982, he became University Distinguished Professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and founded The Carter Center in Atlanta. Actively guided by President Carter, the nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy. Carter Center fellows, associates and staff join with President Carter in efforts to resolve conflict, promote democracy, protect human rights, and prevent disease and other afflictions. Through the Global 2000 program, the Center advances health and agriculture in the developing world.

President Carter and The Carter Center have engaged in conflict mediation in Ethiopia and Eritrea (1989), North Korea (1994), Liberia (1994), Haiti (1994), Bosnia (1994), Sudan (1995), the Great Lakes region of Africa (1995-96), Sudan and Uganda (1999), and Venezuela (2002-2003). Under his leadership The Carter Center has sent forty-seven international election-monitoring delegations to elections in the Americas, Africa, and Asia. These include Panama (1989), Nicaragua (1990), Guyana (1992), Venezuela (1998), Nigeria (1999), Indonesia (1999), East Timor (1999), Mexico (2000), China (2001), Jamaica (2002), and Guatemala (2003).

The permanent facilities of The Carter Presidential Center were dedicated in October, 1986, and include the Jimmy Carter Library and Museum, administered by the National Archives and Records Administration . Also open to visitors is the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in Plains and Jimmy Carter's boyhood farm in Archery, administered by the National Park Service.

Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes for themselves. He also teaches Sunday school and is a deacon in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains. For recreation, he enjoys fly-fishing, woodworking, jogging, cycling, tennis, and skiing. The Carters have three sons, one daughter, eight grandsons, and three granddaughters.

On December 10, 2002, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Mr. Carter "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."


JOB APPROVAL POLLS
DateFirmApproveDisapproveDon't Know
06/13/2007-06/24/2007 Rasmussen Reports 57.00% ( 0.0) 34.00% ( 0.0) 8.00% ( 0.0)
FAVORABILITY POLLS
DateFirmFavorableUnfavorableDon't Know
09/08/2011-09/11/2011 Public Policy Polling 45.00% ( 0.0) 43.00% ( 0.0) 12.00% ( 0.0)

BOOKS
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Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis  Purchase Homegrown Democrat 
NIV Lessons from Life Bible: Personal Reflections with Jimmy Carter  Purchase Homegrown Democrat 

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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
May 23, 2023 04:25pm Profile Jimmy Carter, 3 months into hospice, is aware of tributes, enjoying ice cream  Article RP 
Oct 22, 2019 08:10am News Jimmy Carter Fractures Pelvis, Is Hospitalized After Fall   Article RP 
May 17, 2013 12:25pm News Jimmy Carter: ‘I do not favor’ legalizing marijuana  Article Homegrown Democrat 
Feb 22, 2013 02:05pm News Jimmy Carter: President Obama thanked my grandson for ‘47 percent’ tape  Article Brandonius Maximus 
Dec 11, 2012 01:30pm Statement Former president Jimmy Carter OK with legalizing marijuana  Article Craverguy 
Sep 10, 2012 06:00pm News Jimmy Carter Now Longest Serving Ex-President  Article J.R. 

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FAMILY
Wife Rosalynn Carter Jul 07, 1946-Nov 19, 2023
Son Jack Carter 1947-
Grandson Jason Carter 1975-
Son Chip Carter 1950-
Son Donnell Jeffrey "Jeff" Carter 1952-
Daughter Amy Carter 1967-
Father James Earl Carter, Sr. 1894-1953
Grandfather William Archibald Carter 1858-1903
Uncle William Alton Carter 1888-1978
1st Cousin Hugh Alton Carter, Sr. 1920-1999
Brother Billy Carter 1937-1988
Mother Lillian Carter 1898-1983

INFORMATION LINKS
Energy and the National Goals - A Crisis of Confidence - Jimmy Carter  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy (April 18, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Address to the Nation on Energy (November 8, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - President Carter's Remarks on Joint Statement at Camp David Summit (September 17, 1978)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Remarks at President Carter's Press Conference (March 9, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Report to the American People on Energy (February 2, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Speech on Afghanistan (January 4, 1980)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Speech on Establishing Diplomatic Relations with China (December 15, 1978)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (1981)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (Jan 19, 1978)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (Jan 23, 1979)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - State of the Union Address (January 23, 1980)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Statement on the Iran Rescue Mission (April 25, 1980)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - Statement on the Panama Canal Treaty Signing (September 7, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter - University of Notre Dame Commencement (May 22, 1977)  Discuss
Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 1976  Discuss
Jimmy Carter Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech 1980  Discuss
New Georgia Encyclopedia  Discuss
President Jimmy Carter Inaugural Address January 20, 1977  Discuss
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient President Jimmy Carter  Discuss
RACES
  02/09/2016 US President - D Primaries Lost 0.00% (-55.23%)
  10/10/2002 Nobel Peace Prize Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/15/1980 US President Lost 9.11% (-81.78%)
  11/04/1980 Jefferson - US President Lost 32.94% (-22.96%)
  11/04/1980 US President National Vote Lost 41.01% (-9.73%)
  11/04/1980 Dixville Notch NH US President Lost 13.04% (-60.87%)
  11/04/1980 GU US President Won 57.03% (+18.65%)
  09/13/1980 NY US President - L Convention Lost 10.14% (-77.53%)
  08/14/1980 US President - D Convention Won 64.04% (+29.32%)
  06/03/1980 US President - D Primaries Won 51.11% (+13.54%)
  12/22/1976 TIME Man of the Year Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  12/13/1976 US President Won 55.20% (+10.59%)
  11/02/1976 US President National Vote Won 50.06% (+2.06%)
  07/15/1976 US President - D Convention Won 74.48% (+63.51%)
  07/01/1976 US President - D Primaries Won 39.19% (+23.80%)
  07/01/1976 US President - R Primaries Lost 0.03% (-53.26%)
  07/13/1972 US Vice President - D Convention Lost 1.02% (-58.05%)
  11/03/1970 GA Governor Won 59.28% (+18.67%)
  09/23/1970 GA Governor - D Runoff Won 59.42% (+18.84%)
  09/09/1970 GA Governor - D Primary Won 48.62% (+10.85%)
  09/14/1966 GA Governor - D Primary Lost 20.88% (-8.49%)
ENTERED, DROPPED OUT
  09/14/1966 GA District 3 - D Primary Lost 0.00% (-47.13%)
ENDORSEMENTS
GA US Senate - Special Election - Nov 03, 2020 D Raphael Warnock
CA District 17 - Nov 08, 2016 D Rohit "Ro" Khanna
US President - Popular Vote - Nov 08, 2016 D Hillary Clinton
GA US President - D Primary - Mar 01, 2016 I Bernie Sanders
US President - D Primaries - Jun 03, 2008 D Barack Obama
GA Governor - D Primary - Aug 10, 1982 D Jack Watson
US President - D Convention - Jul 13, 1972 D Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson