Jimmy Carter1
Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.) was born October 1, 1924, in the small farming town of Plains, Georgia, and grew up in the nearby community of Archery. His father, James Earl Carter, Sr., was a farmer and businessman; his mother, Lillian Gordy, a registered nurse. He was educated in the Plains public schools, attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a Bachelor degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. He later did graduate work in nuclear physics at Union College. During his naval career, he served with both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and as a submariner rose to the rank of lieutenant, working under Admiral Hyman Rickover in the development of the nuclear submarine program. On July 7, 1946, he married Rosalynn Smith. When his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and returned to Plains. He worked his own farm and he and his wife Rosalynn operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company. He became involved in the affairs of the community, serving as chairman of the county school b
Jimmy Carter's Presidency was generally been judged a failure, although mast writers argue that he was an extremely intelligent man. As one person wrote, Jimmy Carter went after his own goals, without guiding the opinions of others. He wanted to achieve, but he did not crave power. To excel at politics, politicians must lust after power and not shy away for using it. President Carter has served on the board of directors and is a regular volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps build homes for the needy in the United States and in other countries. He also teaches Sunday school and is a deacon in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains. For recreation, President Carter enjoys fly-fishing, woodworking, jogging, cycling, tennis, and skiing. Jimmy Carter's presidency was apolitical failure not because he was lazy, stupid, cowardly, or immoral. He was a political failure because he was very much a failed politician. oard and the first president of the Georgia Planning Association. In 1962 he won election to the Georgia Senate. He lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming Georgia's 76th governor
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