Roosevelt had possessed the same gift for longevity as Jimmy Carter and lived until he was 100. He would have died in1982, in Ronald Reagan’s second year in office. Most likely FDR would then reside in my consciousness in roughly same way Carter does for my children,

Jimmy Carter was to be honored Thursday with a state funeral at Washington's National Cathedral, amid a groundswell of tributes honoring the 39th US president and the last from the so-called Greatest Generation.

A year-long hostage crisis led to a presidency that would shape American politics for decades. But how much of what really happened is public?

Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams before him, Carter will mostly be remembered for what came after his time in the White House rather than those four years in it—as he should be.

President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy for Jimmy Carter in Washington during the state funeral for the 39th US president on Thursday. Biden’s living predecessors — Bill Clinton, George W.

Jimmy Carter’s melancholy fate was to be a largely derivative figure: He was a reaction against his elected predecessor and the precursor of his successor. Richard M. Nixon made Carter

Thousands are enduring the frigid cold for the opportunity to pay their respects to former president Jimmy Carter.

The funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday, Jan. 9.