Photo: Chicago Sun-Times/AJC files Carter was elected governor of Georgia in 1970 in his second campaign for the office. Photo: Jimmy Carter Library/AJC files Carter presents Atlanta Braves legend ...

Former President Jimmy Carter ... died. Carter got involved in politics in the 1960s, first serving as a state senator from 1963 until 1967, but he lost his first race for governor in 1966.

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.

Jimmy Carter, previously governor of Georgia, beat then-President Gerald R. Ford for the presidency in 1976. He served a single term before being defeated by Republican Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Photo by Algerina Perna/staff A. NAVAL ACADEMY JUNE WEEK 1978: President Jimmy Carter and acting Maryland governor Blair Lee III. WHEATON, MD--6/28/04--Former President Jimmy Carter walks out of ...

Former President Jimmy Carter ... the Carter Center said in a statement at the time. Carter, 100, the longest-lived American president, was a little-known Georgia governor when he began his ...

Languages: English. Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. president, former Georgia governor, peanut farmer, and a man of deep faith and commitment to humanitarian work, became the first president to live ...

(NEXSTAR) – Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of ... months earlier after Rosalynn was diagnosed with dementia. Carter, previously governor of Georgia, beat then-President Gerald R.