The peanut farmer from Georgia was a virtual unknown when he launched his long-shot 1976 presidential bid that took him from ...

The longest-lived American president died on Sunday, more than a year after entering hospice care, at his home in the small town of Plains, Georgia.

Despite his difficulties in office, Carter had few rivals for accomplishments as a former president. He gained global acclaim ...

"I think he will be remembered as one of the best former presidents the United States ever had," a UCF political science professor said.

Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endured humbling ...

He defeated then-President Gerald R. Ford to win the presidency and served a single term from 1977 through 1981. Carter, a Democrat, lost reelection to Republican Ronald Reagan. During his term, ...

Jimmy Carter was a former one-term governor from Georgia, almost unknown nationally, when he broke through in Iowa and New ...

Jimmy Carter rose from governor of Georgia to the White House in two years, promising a government as honest as the people. Successes, including the Camp David Accords bringing peace between Israel ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, a former peanut farmer and Navy officer who went on to become the longest-living American ...