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James Earl Carter Jr. (October 1, 1924 – December 29, 2024) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party , Carter was the 76th governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and in the Georgia State Senate from 1963 to 1967.
Period Descriptions c.13000 BCE-1492: Native Americans in the present-day United States use domesticated dogs and turkeys. [1] [2] [3]1493-1800: European settlers introduce a number of domesticated species to the Americas. [4]
Carter was the first president to address the topic of gay rights, and his administration was the first to meet with a group of gay rights activists. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] Carter opposed the Briggs Initiative , a California ballot measure that would have banned gays and supporters of gay rights from being public school teachers. [ 130 ]
U.S. President Joe Biden directed that Jan. 9 will be a national day of mourning throughout the United States for Carter, the White House said in a statement. "I call on the American people to ...
He is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. [10] Since the ratification of the Twenty-second Amendment to the United States Constitution in 1951, no person may be elected president more than twice, and no one who has served more than two years of a term to which someone else was elected may be elected more than once. [11]
December 1981 events in the United States (1 C, 3 P) This page was last ... Category: 1981 in the United States by month. 2 languages ...
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