Carter on Oct. 1, 2024, became the first U.S. president to live to be 100
Steve Wilson
The Center Square
Former President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at his home in Plains, Ga.
Carter on Oct. 1, 2024, became the first U.S. president to live to be 100.
Commander in chief for four years after winning election in 1976 in the aftermath of President Richard Nixon’s resignation followed by two years of President Gerald Ford, the Democrat is remembered for negotiating a peace treaty between Israel and Egypt, the Camp David Accords, and his post-presidential work for free elections, human rights and building homes for the poor with Habitat for Humanity.
Carter also was president during the Iran hostage crisis, when a group of armed Iranian college students stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran and held 53 American diplomats and citizens hostage for 444 days. The hostages were finally released on Jan. 20, 1981, the day President Ronald Reagan was sworn into office.
Carter sought reelection in 1980, and in the Democratic primaries that year he held off a challenge from U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, younger brother of President John F. Kennedy. But in the general election, Carter lost in a landslide to Reagan. The hostage crisis and economic pains in the U.S. largely were blamed for Carter’s loss to the Republican former Hollywood movie star.
Prior to running for president, Carter served as the state of Georgia’s 76th governor from 1971 to 1975. He also served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy, Carter’s family owned a peanut farm in Plains, Ga., where he was born.
This report was first published by The Center Square.
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Truth is important. It helps people and societies maybe avoid problems. Some catastrophic.
This superficial feel-good article skips over any salient truth. Especially the lead in statement in the article summary.
Carter was an awful president. His weakness and weird agendas put this country at great risk and multifaceted costs took its toll. He was commonly remembered this way until recent times when the bar was lowered even further.