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James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and humanitarian who served from 1977 to 1981 as the 39th president of the United States.A member of the Democratic Party, he served from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate and from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia.
The 1970 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 1970. It was marked by the election as Governor of Georgia of the relatively little-known former state senator Jimmy Carter after a hard battle in the Democratic primary.
The voting also brought future President Jimmy Carter to statewide prominence for the first time. The election was the closest in Georgia gubernatorial history; Republican candidate Bo Callaway won a plurality of the popular vote, but lost the contingent election in the Georgia General Assembly to Maddox.
Former President Jimmy Carter is ... Carter was elected a state senator and the governor of Georgia before serving as the nation's 39th president from 1977 to 1981. ... GA, USA; U.S. former ...
Jimmy Carter, 98, receiving hospice care at Georgia home ... Mr Carter was a peanut farmer and a US Navy lieutenant before going into politics and serving one term as the governor of Georgia from ...
Before the creation of the office of lieutenant governor, the president of the senate (or, before 1789, ... Jimmy Carter (b. 1924) [267] [268] [269]
Jimmy Carter took full advantage of the enhanced primary system in 1976 and went all the way. The former one-term governor of Georgia made his bones by running in all primaries and caucuses, which ...
4 Governor of Georgia. 5 President of the United States. 6 Stagflation. 7 Domestic record. 8 International affairs. 9 The Carter Center. ... /New Georgia Encyclopedia ...