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James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, ) is an American politician, author, and member of the Democratic Party who served as the 39th President of the United States from to He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Carter, raised in rural Georgia, was a peanut farmer who served two terms as a Georgia State Senator, from to , and one as the Governor of Georgia, from to He was elected President in , defeating incumbent president Gerald Ford in a very close election (the Electoral College margin of 57 votes was the closest since , and no election featuring an incumbent since has had a closer popular vote), running as an outsider who promised truth in government in the wake of the Watergate scandal.

As of , he is the second oldest (after George H. W. Bush) of America's four living former presidents.

On his second day in office, Carter pardoned all evaders of the Vietnam War drafts. During his term as President, Carter created two new cabinet-level departments, the Department of Energy and the Department of Education.

He established a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. In foreign affairs, Carter pursued the Camp David Accords, the Panama Canal Treaties, the second round of Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II), and the return of the Panama Canal Zone to Panama. On the economic front he confronted persistent "stagflation", a combination of high inflation, high unemployment and slow growth.

The end of his presidential tenure was marked by the – Iran hostage crisis, the energy crisis, the Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

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In response to the Soviet move he ended détente, escalated the Cold War, and led the international boycott of the Summer Olympics in Moscow. By , Carter's popularity had eroded such that, running for re-election that year, he ran against Ted Kennedy in the Democratic Party's primaries for the presidential nomination, marking the most recent Democratic primary in which an incumbent faced opposition.

Carter won the primary with a mere % of the vote (all incumbent candidates since have won at least % of their party's primary votes) but lost the general election in an electoral landslide to Republican candidate Ronald Reagan, who won 44 of 50 states.

Carter has been highly active since leaving the White House.

Although his presidency has drawn medium-low responses from historians, many consider him to have accomplished more with his post-presidency work. He set up the Carter Center in as his base for advancing human rights.

Jimmy carter biography president barack obama After the liberal George McGovern got pounded by Republican Richard Nixon in the presidential election, Carter decided the Democrats needed a centrist figure to regain the presidency in His last book, Faith: A Journey for All was published in and reflects on the importance of spirituality in his own life and its influence in shaping American history. Carter worked hard to combat the continuing economic woes of inflation and unemployment. Biography: Jimmy Carter.

He has also traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, observe elections, and advance disease prevention and eradication in developing nations. Additionally, Carter is a key figure in the Habitat for Humanity project. Regarding current political views, he remains highly critical of Israel's defense against Palestinian insurgency in their decades-old conflict with the self-declared State of Palestine.