Democrat James Earl Carter, Jr.
was the 39th president of the United States, which covered the years 1977
to 1981.
JIMMY CARTER HIGHLIGHTS
On December 2, 1977, Jimmy Carter had nice words for fellow Democrat
Hubert H. Humphrey .
Check here for Carter's speech,
To Hubert H. Humphrey .
On June 18, 1979, Jimmy Carter and
Leonid Brezhnev met at Vienna
where they signed
SALT II ,
a missile reduction agreement between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
On July 15, 1979, Jimmy Carter delivered
his
Crisis of Confidence Speech , nationwide televised.
In 2002, Carter received the
Nobel Prize for
Peace .
JIMMY CARTER'S
FAMILY
Jimmy's father was Earl Carter .
His mother was Lillian
Gordy Carter .
Father Earl was a professional peanut seller. Mother
Lillian was a nurse.
Jimmy married Rosalynn Smith .
Wee Jimmy
Carter and Dog Bozo, 1937
Jimmy Carter Library
JIMMY CARTER
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
1924, October 1 - Birth at Plains, Georgia, USA
1946 - Graduation from U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland and
U.S. Navy
1953 Goes back to the family's peanut farm after father Earl dies
1962 Senator
1964 Re-elected senator
1970 Governor
1977 President
1981
Ronald Reagan becomes
40th president
Check the
US Election
Map 1796 - 1968 .
Check
Governments in History Chart .
And here is Jimmy Carter's Address to the Nation on Energy, from April
18, 1977:
See also the
American Timeline .