Biography
American politician, 39th President of the U.S., sworn in 1/20/1977.
After serving in the U.S. Navy 1946-1953, he took over the family peanut
business and became a community leader. Entering politics, he was elected
Governor of Georgia 1971-1975. Carter was virtually unknown outside of his
home state when he began his meteoric rise to become the Head of State.
Son of Earl Carter and Lillian Gordy Carter, Jimmy Carter grew up the
eldest of four children. Gloria was born in 1926, Ruth in 1929 and Billy
on 3/29/1937. His father instilled the hard-work ethic and desire to excel
while Lillian was said to have "gentled" Jimmy by encouraging
schoolwork, church and social conscience. Carter knew he wanted to go to
Annapolis since childhood. He encountered a difficult "plebe"
year in 1943, and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy finishing 59th of
a class of 820 in 1946. Unhappy with sea duty on the Wyoming and
Mississippi, he went to submarine school, finishing 3rd in a class of 52.
After four happy years in undersea service serving under Admiral Hyman
Rickover, he reluctantly returned home to run the family peanut and
farming interests when his father died of pancreatic cancer in 1953. He
utilized his technical engineering skills, developing the farm into a
modernized agribusiness, increasing his father's volume 25 times. After a
"deeply profound religious experience" when he turned 40, he
devoted himself to the service of helping others by joining missions to
Eastern barrios. He served two terms in the state senate and took on an
unsuccessful run for Governor against segregationist, Lester Maddox.
Learning from his mistakes, he ran an aggressive and successful
moderate-conservative campaign in 1970. Measuring himself against visiting
Presidents, he concluded he had what it took to run for President.
Carter's "good-guy" brand of populism without the taint of
George Wallace's racism proved to be just what the American electorate was
looking for after Nixon's resignation and Gerald Ford's remaining term.
The famous Carter smile concealed a highly competitive, ambitious and
independent nature. His defeat to Ronald Reagan in 1980 is attributed to
his brusqueness in dealing with Congress, long gasoline lines, and the
months-long Iranian crisis. The Camp David accords between Israel and
Egypt and resulting treaty, the treaty with China and the Panama Canal
treaties are his greatest achievements. He worked for nuclear-arms control
and his concern for international human rights was credited with saving
lives and reducing torture. Domestically, his environmental record was a
major accomplishment. Of his 265 choices for the Federal bench, many
included minority members and women.
He married Rosalynn Smith 7/07/1946 and they had four kids: Jack, 1947;
James Earl III, 1950; Jeffrey, 1952; and Amy, 1967. After his retirement,
he and Rosalynn jointly wrote a 1987 best-seller, "Everything to
Gain, Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life." They both agreed
they had never had more disagreements than during the writing of this book
and vowed to never write together again. Jimmy and Rosalynn have remained
a team, each working together and separately for their respective causes.
Soundly defeated by Ronald Reagan in 1980, he considered his Presidency
a failed one and retired to Plains to find his business in serious
jeopardy. He applied his iron will to once again reviving the family
business. He created a nonprofit Carter Center dedicated to raising money
to fight river blindness in Uganda, helping small farmers triple corn
yields in Ghana and Ambia, and is perhaps better known as America's
unofficial ambassador for democracy and peace in the Middle East and in
Latin America. Americans have become used to seeing Carter pounding nails
in homes being built for low-income families across the nation after
aligning himself with the project "Habitat for Humanity."
Carter received the Nobel Prize for Peace on December 10, 2002.
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Jimmy Carter gave his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech just last
week. Carter is widely regarded to have been one of the least effective
presidents in modern times, yet one of the most effective ex-presidents
the US has ever had. His ability to broker accords between longstanding
adversaries, not to mention getting dictators to step down, borders on
magic.
I think Carter's persuasiveness is sourced in his enormous personal
virtue and integrity. Thus we are pleased to put him forth as our
newsmaker during this season of good will.
- What makes him a man of peace? What makes him so effective at
negotiating agreements with great adversaries?
- One of his most well-known humanitarian efforts has been building
houses with Habitat for Humanity. Can you find this in his chart?
- Carter had a "deeply profound spiritual experience" when
he turned 40. What triggered it?
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