39th United States President, Georgia Governor, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient. He served as the President of the United States from January 20, 1977, to January 20, 1981. He served one term and was defeated by Ronald Reagan in the 1980 election. In 2002, he received the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development." Born James Earl Carter Jr., the oldest of four children, he had a childhood in rural segregated South Georgia. His mother, Bessie Lillian Carter, was a nurse, and his father, James Earl Carter Sr., had a general store and a farm. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from the US Naval Academy in 1946. He served as an officer in the Navy before being discharged on October 9, 1953, returning home to pursue his family's peanut-growing business after his father's death. He served in the Navy Reserve until 1961. Although his family initially lived in public housing, he learned modern farming techniques and eventually turned his family farm into a successful business. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served as a Georgia State Senator from 1963 to 1967 before being an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Georgia. Becoming a candidate again, he was elected the 76th Governor of Georgia, serving from 1971 to 1975. As governor of the New South, his primary concerns were addressing Civil Rights, education, and conservation. In 1976, he was elected President of the United States. As President, he tackled the issues of his time, including energy conservation, environmental protection, human rights, and world peace. He was known for his peacekeeping missions worldwide, signing the historic Camp David Accords that brought peace between Israel and Egypt. He pardoned the Vietnam War draft dodgers. With the rising cost of living, he had to meet the problems of inflation and the energy crisis in 1979. After his presidency in 1981, he established The Carter Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing democracy around the world, and he led efforts to combat disease, promote peace, and monitor elections in some of the most troubled parts of the globe. Continuing his humanitarian efforts, he volunteered at Habitat for Humanity since 1984, building thousands of homes in 14 countries. As an author, he wrote 32 books on a wide range of subjects, from his religious faith to art, politics, and even children's books, and all of his books were best-sellers. He was a born-again Christian of the Baptist faith who taught Sunday School even while President of the United States and continued for 70 years. On July 7, 1946, he married Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and the couple celebrated their 77th wedding anniversary before his wife's death one year before his. The couple had three sons and a daughter. At the age of 100, he voted in the Presidential Election of 2024. He holds the records for the longest post-presidency in U.S. history and the most extended life lived by a former president. He died from the complications of aging.