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Jimmy Carter

President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 (1924-2024) · United States · Politicians · Died at 100

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The 39th president lived to 100 and spent twice as long building houses and brokering peace as he did in the White House - a presidency historians rank middling, a four-decade afterlife they call unmatched.

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A life in dates

2024Died29 December 20242018Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling RecordingAward2012Honorary doctor at the Nanjing UniversityAward2011Grand Cross of the Order of the CrownAward2009American Peace AwardAward2002Nobel Peace PrizeAward1999Presidential Medal of FreedomAward1998United Nations Prize in the Field of Human RightsAward1995Four Freedoms Award - Freedom MedalAward1994Audubon MedalAwardFélix Houphouët-Boigny Peace PrizeAward1990Philadelphia Liberty MedalAward1987Albert Schweitzer Prize for HumanitarianismAward1981Ansel Adams AwardAward1977“The destruction was mutual. We went to Vietnam without any desire to capture territory or impose American will on other people.”In their words25 March 1977Statement quoted in the Los Angeles Times (25 March 1977)

President of the United StatesOffice1977-19811976“We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.”In their words11 April 1976Addressing a Bible class in Plains, Georgia (March 1976), as quoted in Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser (11 April 1976)

“My name is Jimmy Carter, and I’m running for President.”In their words15 July 1976First Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech (15 July 1976)

“There is a new mood in America. We have been shaken by a tragic war abroad and by scandals and broken promises at home.”In their words15 July 1976First Presidential Nomination Acceptance Speech (15 July 1976)

“Sometimes we try to justify this unsavory business on the cynical ground that by rationing out the means of violence we can somehow control the world’s violence.”In their words23 June 1976"A Community of the Free" address at The Foreign Policy Association NY, NY (23 June 1976); this is often paraphrased: We cannot be both the

Financial Times Person of the YearAwardPresident-elect of the United StatesOffice1976-19771971“At the end of a long campaign, I believe I know the people of our state as well as anyone.”In their words12 January 1971Gubernatorial Inaugural Address (12 January 1971)

Governor of GeorgiaOffice1971-19751963Member of the Georgia State SenateOffice1963-19671924Born1 October 1924

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The Carter family store, part of Carter's Boyhood Farm, in Plains, GeorgiaThe Carter family store, part of Carter's Boyhood Farm, in Plains, GeorgiaCarter in 1932; at age 7Carter in 1932; at age 7Carter with Rosalynn Smith and his mother at his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, June 5, 1946Carter with Rosalynn Smith and his mother at his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, June 5, 1946Carter's official portrait as governor of Georgia, 1971Carter's official portrait as governor of Georgia, 1971Carter greeting Florida governor Reubin Askew and his wife in 1971; as president, Carter appointed Askew as US trade representative.Carter greeting Florida governor Reubin Askew and his wife in 1971; as president, Carter appointed Askew as US trade representative.Carter's presidential campaign logoCarter's presidential campaign logo

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  1. A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful, and restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others.

    1977, Carter, J. (1977). A government as good as its people. New York: Simon and Schuster., Own words

  2. The destruction was mutual. We went to Vietnam without any desire to capture territory or impose American will on other people.

    Mar 25, 1977, Statement quoted in the Los Angeles Times (25 March 1977), Own words

  3. We should live our lives as though Christ were coming this afternoon.

    Apr 11, 1976, Addressing a Bible class in Plains, Georgia (March 1976), as quoted in Boston Sunday Herald Advertiser (11 April 1976), Own words

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Awards

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording2018
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording2015
Honorary doctor at the Nanjing University2012
Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown2011
Catalonia International Prize2010
American Peace Award2009
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording2006
Nobel Peace Prize2002
Presidential Medal of Freedom1999
Delta Prize for Global Understanding1999
United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights1998
Hoover Medal1998
Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal1995
Félix Houphouët-Boigny Peace Prize1994
J. William Fulbright Prize1994
Audubon Medal1994
American Library Association Honorary Membership1994
Philadelphia Liberty Medal1990
Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism1987
Honorary Doctorate of Haifa University1987
Ansel Adams Award1981
International Mediation medal1979
Financial Times Person of the Year1976
Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
Ellis Island Medal of Honor
National Defense Service Medal
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Order of the Nile
Order of Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero
Order of the Liberator General San Martín
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Alberta
China Service Medal
Order of the Crown
Hungarian Order of Merit
Grammy Awards

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Born in Plains, Georgia, in 1924, Carter left the Naval Academy and submarine service to run his family's peanut farm, then rode civil rights reform through the state senate to the governor's mansion as one of the New South's first desegregation champions. A dark horse in 1976, he edged Gerald Ford and spent four years pardoning draft evaders, brokering Camp David, opening China, and bleeding political capital to the hostage crisis in Tehran and Soviet tanks in Afghanistan - losing to Reagan in a rout. He left office in 1981 and turned the next forty-three years into something else: Habitat for Humanity builds, tropical disease campaigns, election monitoring across continents, the 2002 Nobel, books on conflict and faith. He died in December 2024, the oldest president in American history, his second act longer and more celebrated than the first.

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United States
Category
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2024 · aged 100

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