Former President Carter died Sunday, according to the Carter Center. Here’s a look at his life and times in photos.
He had turned 100 in October, making him the longest-lived president in the nation’s history. Carter was the 39th president of the U.S.
Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter holds daughter Amy, 3, while she holds a lion cub, and Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox holds the other one. They were presented them on Sept. 29, 1971, in Atlanta by the Adams-Gates Company, which brought Lion Country Safari to Henry County. The cubs were named “Peanuts” and “Pickrick,” for Georgia’s farming governor and ex-restaurateur lieutenant governor. The cubs were kept at the Lion Country Preserve in Florida until they could be moved to Henry County. UPI PhotoGeorgia’s Gov. Jimmy Carter (D) reaches for a pen on Feb. 25, 1972, to sign a Georgia Senate House resolution opposing forced busing to achieve integration in the classrooms of the United States. The resolution asked the U.S. Congress to call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an anti-busing amendment. Watching at the governor’s office at Atlanta, state Sens. James Lester of Augusta, Ga., left, and Bert Hamilton of Macon, Ga. In the rear is state Sen. Hugh Carter, hand on tie, of Plains, Ga. AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter speaks to the crowd on the floor of the convention at Madison Square Garden in New York City after he was elected the Democratic candidate on July 15, 1976. AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, center, reaches into a crowd gathered on the Van Ryswyk farm to launch his campaign at Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 24, 1976. Billed as a “Lemonade and Peanuts” affair, complete with balloons, signs and crowds, Carter touched off his two-day stay in Iowa with the fundraiser. AP PhotoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter stands in a large mound of peanuts at the Carter Peanut Warehouse in Plains, Ga., on Sept. 22, 1976. The Democratic Party presidential nominee took an early morning walk through the warehouse to inspect some of the harvest. AP PhotoPresident Ford speaks as Jimmy Carter listens during the first of three televised debates on Sept. 23, 1976, held at Philadelphia’s Walnut Street Theater. AP PhotoJimmy Carter takes the oath of office, as his wife, Rosalynn Carter, holds the family Bible, during the inauguration ceremony on Jan. 21, 1977. AP PhotoWalking hand in hand, President Carter, accompanied by his wife Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy, followed by the rest of the family, walk in the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 21, 1977. It was the first time in history that a president has not ridden toward the White House in a carriage or automobile in the grand parade to celebrate his taking the oath of office. AFP via Getty ImagesSen. James Sasser (D-Tenn.) meets with Vice President Walter Mondale, left, and President Carter in the Oval Office of the White House on Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9, 1977. They discussed the Clinch River Breeder Reactor and disaster relief. Associated Press/Harvey GeorgesEgyptian President Anwar Sadat, left, President Carter, center, and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 1979, as they completed signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. Associated Press/Bob DaughertyPresident Carter, left, smiles at Soviet President and Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev at the Vienna Imperial Hofburg Palace, as both exchange documents of SALT II Treaty after the signing ceremony on June 18, 1979 in Vienna. AP PhotoPresident Carter acknowledges the applause from members of Congress and spectators at a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as he prepares to deliver a speech on June 18, 1979, on the newly signed SALT II Treaty. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoPresident Carter, center, is surrounded by reporters and photographers as he inspects the new White House solar hot water heating system located on the roof of the West Wing of the mansion, over the Cabinet Room on June 20, 1979, in Washington, D.C. Associated Press/Harvey GeorgesViewing monitors inside the control room at CBS studios in Washington, D.C., on May 31, 1980, as President Carter tapes “Face the Nation,” to be aired on June 1. Carter later told reporters that the nation’s recession is more severe than his administration had thought it would be. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoPresident Carter acknowledges applause from supporters with wife Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy over his shoulder after he conceded the presidency to Ronald Reagan on Nov. 4, 1980. Don Rypka/UPI PhotoPresident Reagan meets with former President Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 1981. Carter was there, helping to promote the sale of AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoMusician Ellis Marsalis, left, hugs former President Carter as Harry Connick Jr. and Rosalynn Carter look on, in front of a Habitat for Humanity home in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans. La., on May 14, 2008. The Carters were participating in a building project along the Gulf Coast in areas that were damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Associated Press/Alex BrandonFormer President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Obama, President George W. Bush, former President Clinton and former President Carter pose for a photograph in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 7, 2009. It was the first such meeting between a sitting president, president-elect and all living former presidents since 1981. Roger L. Wollenberg/UPI PhotoFormer President Carter before testifying in front of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee on May 12, 2009. Greg NashFormer President Carter, right, pauses while meeting the media at the ruins of the American International School, which was destroyed during Israel’s offensive in Gaza, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on June 16, 2009. Carter said he was trying to persuade Hamas leaders to accept the international community’s conditions for ending its boycott of the Islamic militant group. Associated Press/Khalil HamraFormer President Carter, left, cuts wood as he works on a home as his wife Rosalynn Carter looks on as they visit a Habitat for Humanity project in Léogâne, Haiti, on Nov. 7, 2011. The Carters joined volunteers from around the world to build 100 homes in partnership with earthquake-affected families in Haiti during a weeklong Habitat for Humanity housing project. Associated Press/Ramon EspinosaFormer President Carter is seen with his wife Rosalynn Carter before the presidential inauguration of Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2017, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Greg NashFormer presidents and vice presidents attend the state funeral of former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2018. Greg NashFormer President Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter pose for a photo with President Biden and first lady Jill Biden at the home of the Carters in Plains, Ga., on April 30, 2021, in this photo from the White House. Adam Schultz, The White House via AP
