Presidency of Jimmy Carter
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Jimmy Carter's tenure as the 39th president of the United States began with his inauguration on January 20, 1977, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter, a Democrat from Georgia, took office after defe
Official portrait, 1977
Outgoing President Gerald Ford and President-elect Jimmy Carter in the Oval Office on November 22, 1976
Robert Templeton's portrait of President Carter, displayed in the National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Carter at Three Mile Island nuclear accident, April 1979
Jimmy Carter
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James Earl Carter Jr. 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, Carter served as the 76th g
The Carter family store, part of Carter's Boyhood Farm, in Plains, Georgia
Carter in 1932; at age 7
Carter with Rosalynn Smith and his mother at his graduation from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, June 5, 1946