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

President-elect Jimmy Carter smiled as he addressed a cheering crowd. It was around 4 a.m. on Nov. 3, 1976. The former ...

As a legislator, governor, president and ex-president, he confronted the prejudices that were so much a part of where and ...

In retrospect, Gov. Carter and then President Carter was a different kind of politician. His humanity, his faith, his compassion were always discernible. He said what he meant and meant what he said.

Though federal flag code dictates a 30-day mourning period after the death of a former president, not everyone is complying.

Peter Conlon estimates he attended at least 100 concerts with Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter during their decades of friendship.

"I was immediately struck by how young he looked — not the drawn and pale president I had seen on TV, reporting on the ...

Flags over the State Capitol and all state buildings will be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day before returning to half-staff to continue to mourn Jimmy Carter's death.

Born in Georgia, jimmy carter attended the U.S. naval academy ... Carter served in the Georgia senate and later became governor. "When he took over the presidency, we were in the throes of ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the ... Carter entered the 1976 presidential race as a little-known Georgia governor with a broad smile, outspoken Baptist mores and ...

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady ...

Several state governors have ordered flags to be flown at full-staff on Inauguration Day, raising flags before the end of the mourning period for Jimmy Carter.