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JAMES E. CARTER BIOGRAPHY :
James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the longest-lived U.S. president and the first to have reached 100 years of age. Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the U.S. Navy’s submarine service. He returned home after his military service to revive his family’s peanut-growing business before beginning a career in Georgia politics, where he supported the civil rights movement as State Senator and later Governor. Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination as a dark horse candidate before defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford of the Republican Party in the 1976 election. Carter pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders on his second day in office and successfully pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. His administration established the US departments of Energy and Education. The end of his presidency was marked by the Iran hostage crisis, an energy crisis, and the end of détente after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (leading to a grain embargo, the declaration of the Carter Doctrine, and the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott). Carter defeated a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy in the 1980 Democratic primaries, but lost the general election to Republican Ronald Reagan. After leaving the presidency, Carter established the Carter Center, with the goal of advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering. The Carter center has advocated monitored elections, and provided treatment for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) The Carter Center has become the driving force behind several major deworming and disease eradication efforts, including the campaign to end dracunculiasis (with Carter’s final wish being to see the last guinea worm die before him). Carter’s post-presidency writings include political memoirs, commentary on global affairs, and books of poetry. Historians have given mixed ratings to Carter’s presidency, but more favorably view his post-presidency period, which was the longest in U.S. history.
James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the longest-lived U.S. president and the first to have reached 100 years of age. Born and raised in Plains, Georgia, Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946 and joined the U.S. Navy’s submarine service. He returned home after his military service to revive his family’s peanut-growing business before beginning a career in Georgia politics, where he supported the civil rights movement as State Senator and later Governor. Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination as a dark horse candidate before defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford of the Republican Party in the 1976 election. Carter pardoned Vietnam War draft evaders on his second day in office and successfully pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. His administration established the US departments of Energy and Education. The end of his presidency was marked by the Iran hostage crisis, an energy crisis, and the end of détente after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (leading to a grain embargo, the declaration of the Carter Doctrine, and the 1980 Moscow Olympics boycott). Carter defeated a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy in the 1980 Democratic primaries, but lost the general election to Republican Ronald Reagan. After leaving the presidency, Carter established the Carter Center, with the goal of advancing human rights and alleviating human suffering. The Carter center has advocated monitored elections, and provided treatment for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) The Carter Center has become the driving force behind several major deworming and disease eradication efforts, including the campaign to end dracunculiasis (with Carter’s final wish being to see the last guinea worm die before him). Carter’s post-presidency writings include political memoirs, commentary on global affairs, and books of poetry. Historians have given mixed ratings to Carter’s presidency, but more favorably view his post-presidency period, which was the longest in U.S. history.
