He won a longshot campaign to be the 39th president ... the USA TODAY Network will publish “Jimmy Carter: Peanut Farmer, 39th President, Humanitarian” to chronicle a lifetime for the ages ...

James Earl Carter, known as Jimmy throughout his life, was born on Oct. 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, the son of Earl and Lillian Carter. The family owned a peanut farm and he grew up in a home ...

Dot Padgett first met Jimmy Carter in 1970 when he asked for ... Padgett played a significant role in Carter's presidential campaign by organizing the "Peanut Brigade," a group of Georgia ...

Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and little-known Georgia governor ... Carter was in his first term as Georgia governor when he launched his campaign to unseat President Ford in the 1976 election.

Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who became the 39th president ... Peanut One, otherwise known as Mr. Carter’s 1976 campaign aircraft, served as the headquarters for Mr. Carter’s ...

Jimmy Carter ... Carter launched his campaign for the presidency in 1974, the nation was still reeling from the Watergate ...

Former US president Jimmy Carter ... submarine engineer, Carter defied his young wife’s wishes and his superiors’ aspirations for him. He returned to Plains as a peanut farmer.

Running for president, Jimmy Carter was often described, and described himself, as a peanut farmer ... conservative suspicions about her son’s campaign for governor. Mr. Carter grew up in ...

and Dallas Cowboys teammate Jethro Pugh talk with President Jimmy Carter aboard Air Force One during the final push of Carter's 1980 reelection campaign. This photo was taken three days before the ...