When she was 7 years old, Jennifer McClellan wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter inviting him to her Matoaca home. Last week, she ...

As governor, most of his accomplishments centered on the operations of government, as opposed to breakthrough policies. (Courtesy of Georgia State University) Jimmy Carter’s success as governor ...

Jimmy Carter’s legacy includes working to eradicate tropical diseases in Africa, South America and Asia and to end conflicts ...

The obituary has been corrected. Jimmy Carter, a steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died at his home in Plains, Georgia, on Dec. 29, according to his son James E.

In a single term as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter propelled the state into a new era. The acronyms for state offices that still populate news stories about Georgia government – DOT, DNR – are ...

When former President Jimmy Carter was governor of Georgia, he made preserving the state's natural beauty a priority. Carter created the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and made "Georgia's ...

By Richard Fausset On the day he was sworn in as governor of Georgia, Jimmy Carter, an ambitious white peanut farmer from rural Sumter County, announced that “the time for racial discrimination ...

Meanwhile, in south Georgia, another Democrat was plotting ... all these things that are buzzwords today first came from Jimmy Carter when he was governor of this state. He was very progressive.” ...

On Sunday night, President Joe Biden honored his "dear friend" Jimmy Carter, pointing to his accomplishments as president and his time as Georgia’s governor. “This is a sad day, but it brings ...

"Jimmy Carter’s life is a testament to the power of service — as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy, the 76th Governor of Georgia, and the 39th President of the United States. He reminded ...

One of the first signs that Jimmy Carter was not your average politician came in January 1974. Already a Bob Dylan fan, the then-governor of Georgia was in the audience at Atlanta’s Omni ...

He was the president of the United States and the governor of Georgia, but Jimmy Carter always said the "pinnacle" of his life was getting Eleanor Rosalynn Smith to marry him. Rosalynn and Jimmy ...