A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. He was the longest-lived president in U.S. history and the first to reach the age of 100.

Jan 7, 2025 · According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, as Governor, Jimmy Carter "appointed more women and minorities to his own staff, to major state policy boards and agencies, and to the judiciary, than all of his predecessors combined." Jimmy Carter was a …

Sep 19, 2002 · Jimmy Carter, the only Georgian elected president of the United States, held the office for one term, 1977-81. His previous public service included a stint in the U.S. Navy, two senate terms in the Georgia General Assembly, and one term as governor of Georgia (1971-75).

Jan 8, 2025 · Jimmy Carter, a native of Plains, Georgia, passed away on December 29, 2024. He lived to be 100 years old, making him the oldest former president in U.S. history. During his long life, he had many jobs: a naval officer; peanut farmer; Georgia state senator; governor of Georgia; 39th president of the United States; and humanitarian.

Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy Carter, Class of 1946, HON Ph.D. 1979, the 39th president of the United States, and the 76th governor of Georgia, died Dec. 29 at his home in Plains, Georgia. He was 100.

Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E. Carter III, known as Chip.

Dec 29, 2018 · 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. During his tenure, he served on the National Governors’ Conference Executive Committee.

Dec 30, 2024 · After eight years in state offices, Carter, a Democrat, was elected governor of Georgia in 1970. It was clear he was a new kind of Southern leader, one who emphasized racial equality and ...

Dec 29, 2024 · A moderate Democrat, Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and technocratic plans reflecting his education as an ...

Dec 29, 2024 · Jimmy, a Georgia state senator at the time, ran for governor but lost in the Democratic primary. Horace Cort/AP Carter is applauded at his Atlanta headquarters in 1970.