Carter was elected president in 1976. Until he campaigned for the office, few Americans knew who he was. But Carter said his lack of experience with the federal government made him the best candidate. After witnessing years of problems in the White House, many voters appeared to agree with ...
In 1976, he was elected General for the state of Arkansas, the state government’s chief lawyer.Two years later, Bill Clinton was elected Governor of Arkansas. He was defeated for re-election after his first two-year term. But he was elected Governor again in 1982. He has been re-...
Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976. Eddie Mullholland—WPA Pool/Getty Images No formal announcements have been made regarding Carter’s funeral yet, but memorial services are expected to run for the next eight days, due to the holiday. He is expected to be taken to Atlanta via motorc...
A Georgia native and a Democrat, Carter was elected president in 1976, defeating the Republican incumbent, Gerald Ford, in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. Carter served one term before he lost re-election in 1980 to Ronald Reagan, his bid hobbled by an inability to resolve the Iran ...
President Jimmy Carter to President-elect Barack Obama that he should try to inspire Americans to see the virtue in making energy sacrifices. Carter, after he was elected in 1976, promised to free the country from foreign oil and within two-months of presidency, he called the energy crisis ...
at the Carter Center, with Habitat for Humanity, and his successful two-decade-long effort to eradicate the guinea worm made him the epitome of a public servant. Those of us in elected office should look to President Carter's example as a model for what we aspire to after leaving office....
to jesus in a spanish-speaking neighborhood. he was elected governor in georgia in 1970, courting the votes of segregationists, then stunning many in the state by announcing in his inaugural address: “the time for racial discrimination is over. . . . no poor, rural, weak, or black ...
Though one of his most significant moves -- pardoning President Nixon for any crimes committed in office -- was widely derided at the time, many have since come to see it as a gesture that healed the country as much as it hurt Ford's aspirations to be elected president in 1976. ...
We’re chatting with lawmakers, former elected officials and political operatives to get a better sense of where people’s heads are at — and what their candidate needs to be doing better. Today we talked to Roger Stone, the conservative operative who became a key ear...
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