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Jimmy Carter
1924–2024
Remembered for a remarkable second act after the White House, this former president became an even more influential champion of peace, human rights, and service. His life story stretches from rural Georgia and the Navy to the presidency, the Nobel Peace Prize, and decades of hands-on humanitarian work.
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State of the Union Addresses
by Jimmy Carter
About the author
Born in Plains, Georgia, on October 1, 1924, Jimmy Carter grew up in a farming community, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, and later returned home to run the family business before entering politics. He served as governor of Georgia and then as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981.
As president, he is often remembered for putting human rights at the center of U.S. foreign policy and for helping broker the Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel. After leaving office, he built an extraordinary public life through The Carter Center, working on democracy, disease eradication, conflict resolution, and election monitoring around the world.
He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for decades of effort to promote peace, human rights, and social progress. He also became widely admired for his down-to-earth faith and service, including many years of volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity, and remained an active writer and public voice well into old age before his death in 2024.