"James Earl Carter" redirects here. For his father, see James Earl Carter Sr. For other uses, see James Carter.
Jimmy Carter
Official portrait,
In office January 20, &#;– January 20,
Vice President
Walter Mondale
Preceded by
Gerald Ford
Succeeded by
Ronald Reagan
In office January 12, &#;– January 14,
Lieutenant
Lester Maddox
Preceded by
Lester Maddox
Succeeded by
George Busbee
In office January 14, &#;– January 9,
Preceded by
James M. Dykes
Succeeded by
Hugh Carter
Born
James Earl Carter Jr.
()October 1, Plains, Georgia, U.S.
Died
December 29, () (aged&#;) Plains, Georgia, U.S.
Resting place
Jimmy Carter House, Plains
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Rosalynn Smith
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Children
4, including Jack and Amy
Parents
Relatives
Carter family
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The Life of James Earl (Jimmy) Carter Jr. 39th President of the United States
Jimmy Carter was a man of high principle, steadfast integrity, and deep religious faith who dedicated his life to public service. As private citizen and public official he pursued the causes of human rights, peace, and care for the least fortunate with passionate determination and boundless energy.
Throughout his life, he repeatedly placed what he believed to be right above personal and political considerations. His quiet voice and ready smile masked a bulldog determination and an aversion to compromise on matters of principle.
In his inaugural address, President Carter quoted the prophet Micah: &#;What doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?&#; For many who knew and worked with him, those words aptly summarize his life of faith and service.
Jimmy Carter grew up on a farm near the small town of Plains in southwest Georgia and graduate
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Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States and Founder of The Carter Center
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.), thirty-ninth president of the United States, was born Oct. 1, , 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 Carter, a registered nurse.
He was educated in the public school of Plains, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 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, New York, 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, the