ATLANTA — In 1971, Jimmy Carter was sworn in as Georgia's 76th governor. He spent his term emphasizing ecology, efficiency in government and the removal of racial barriers, according to the ...

Elected in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, the former governor of ... He also had some major accomplishments, including the ...

In the case of Jimmy Carter, it goes like this: A humble peanut farmer and former Georgia governor defies extraordinary ... journalist and author of the 2020 biography “His Very Best: Jimmy ...

On Sunday night, President Joe Biden honored his "dear friend" Jimmy Carter, pointing to his accomplishments as president and his time as Georgia’s governor. “This is a sad day, but it brings ...

in 1971 creating the Governor’s Commission to Improve Services for Mentally and Emotionally Handicapped Georgians on which the future first lady would serve. Jimmy Carter announced his ...

In his announcement speech for his presidential run, in 1974, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter said there ... Alter, who spent many hours with Carter for a biography, noted, "There was much more ...

However, the onetime peanut farmer, Georgia governor, president and Nobel ... as a one-term U.S. president. Alter's biography, His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, is among several that conclude ...

One of the most enduring aspects of Jimmy ... for decades. Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024 at the age of 100. Environmentalists and conservationists agree on the import of Carter's accomplishments ...

Jimmy Carter ... but the family headed back to Georgia. Carter won a state Senate seat in 1962, and in 1966 ran for governor. It was a long shot. The civil rights movement was redefining Southern ...

In 1979, former President Jimmy Carter oversaw the ... In the run-up to the Georgia governor's presidential election victory in 1976, Carter repeatedly voiced support for creating a federal ...