Jimmy Carter

1924-10-01 Contemporaries

Jimmy Carter was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and served in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967. As president he negotiated the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, and the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. He lived to age 100, longer than any other U.S. president.