he was an idealistic peanut farmer who
became President of the United States
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the life and
accomplishments of Jimmy Carter James
Earl Carter jr. was born October 1st
1924 in Plains Georgia he excelled at
school and studied at Georgia
Southwestern College and the Georgia
Institute of Technology before being
admitted to the United States Naval
Academy in 1943
three years later he graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in science also in
1946 he married Rosalynn Smith and began
his naval career in 1953 he was forced
to return home due to his father’s death
and at that point he took over the
family’s peanut farm business he
subsequently expanded it to a booming
operation Carter and his family became
important pillars of the community and
Jimmy himself began serving on various
boards around the county he parlayed
these experiences into a successful run
at the Georgia State Senate in 1962 as a
Democrat he was re-elected two years
later and attempted to run for governor
in 1966 but lost
however he ran a successful campaign in
the next election and in January 1971 he
was sworn in as the governor of Georgia
I say to you quite frankly that the time
for racial discrimination is over during
his term as governor Carter began
allowing african-americans and women to
work in government offices and
reorganize the state government he
enjoyed an increase in national
visibility when Time magazine chose him
as a representation of good government
and positive developments in the
American South in 1974 Carter announced
his intention to run for the Democratic
presidential nomination he was a
tireless campaigner and managed to charm
an expansive support base he depicted
himself as a Washington outsider which
was especially important in the wake of
the Watergate scandal eventually he won
the nomination and fought another fierce
campaign
running-mate walter mondale against
incumbent Republican President Gerald
Ford finally on November 2nd 1976 Jimmy
Carter was elected the 39th President of
the United States with 297 electoral
votes to Ford’s 240 as President Carter
used his casual style in both speech and
dress to promote his reputation as a
regular guy he also initiated a number
of programs to reform social
administrative and economic policies
however these were often opposed by
Congress eventually his popularity
decreased as he was unable to realize
many of his ideas
Carter’s reputation declined further due
to scandals his good friend and cabinet
member Bert Lance was accused of
financial misdeeds while his brother was
charged with illegally trading influence
with the Libyan government
neither was officially found guilty but
Carter’s image suffered by association
meanwhile his international efforts were
significant he obtained the Panama Canal
treaties as well as a peace agreement
between Egypt and Israel called the Camp
David Accord Carter also established
relations with the People’s Republic of
China and negotiated a treaty with the
Soviet Union that limited nuclear
manufacturing however after the Soviets
invaded Afghanistan in 1979 that treaty
was never ratified and Carter decided on
a controversial u.s. boycott of 1980s
Moscow Olympics 1979 also saw diplomats
taken hostage by Iranian students at the
US Embassy in Tehran
Carter negotiated furiously for their
release but was unable to do so before
the election if the American hostages
are harmed a severe price will be paid
this coupled with an uncertain economy
at home helped lead to Carter’s
overwhelming defeat by Ronald Reagan
when he ran for re-election in 1980 in
fact he was the first president not to
win a second term since 1932 due to his
depiction as an ineffectual and
indecisive leader following his
presidency he returned to his farm wrote
many books taught University and acted
as a diplomat during numerous
international conflicts he also
established the Carter Center and in
2002 these human rights efforts won him
the Nobel Peace Prize
we can choose to alleviate suffering we
can choose to work together for peace we
can make these changes and we must some
have depicted Carter’s presidency as a
failed one however his reputation as a
humanitarian and as a peacekeeper has
proven Jimmy Carter to be immensely
successful
became President of the United States
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’ll
be learning more about the life and
accomplishments of Jimmy Carter James
Earl Carter jr. was born October 1st
1924 in Plains Georgia he excelled at
school and studied at Georgia
Southwestern College and the Georgia
Institute of Technology before being
admitted to the United States Naval
Academy in 1943
three years later he graduated with a
bachelor’s degree in science also in
1946 he married Rosalynn Smith and began
his naval career in 1953 he was forced
to return home due to his father’s death
and at that point he took over the
family’s peanut farm business he
subsequently expanded it to a booming
operation Carter and his family became
important pillars of the community and
Jimmy himself began serving on various
boards around the county he parlayed
these experiences into a successful run
at the Georgia State Senate in 1962 as a
Democrat he was re-elected two years
later and attempted to run for governor
in 1966 but lost
however he ran a successful campaign in
the next election and in January 1971 he
was sworn in as the governor of Georgia
I say to you quite frankly that the time
for racial discrimination is over during
his term as governor Carter began
allowing african-americans and women to
work in government offices and
reorganize the state government he
enjoyed an increase in national
visibility when Time magazine chose him
as a representation of good government
and positive developments in the
American South in 1974 Carter announced
his intention to run for the Democratic
presidential nomination he was a
tireless campaigner and managed to charm
an expansive support base he depicted
himself as a Washington outsider which
was especially important in the wake of
the Watergate scandal eventually he won
the nomination and fought another fierce
campaign
running-mate walter mondale against
incumbent Republican President Gerald
Ford finally on November 2nd 1976 Jimmy
Carter was elected the 39th President of
the United States with 297 electoral
votes to Ford’s 240 as President Carter
used his casual style in both speech and
dress to promote his reputation as a
regular guy he also initiated a number
of programs to reform social
administrative and economic policies
however these were often opposed by
Congress eventually his popularity
decreased as he was unable to realize
many of his ideas
Carter’s reputation declined further due
to scandals his good friend and cabinet
member Bert Lance was accused of
financial misdeeds while his brother was
charged with illegally trading influence
with the Libyan government
neither was officially found guilty but
Carter’s image suffered by association
meanwhile his international efforts were
significant he obtained the Panama Canal
treaties as well as a peace agreement
between Egypt and Israel called the Camp
David Accord Carter also established
relations with the People’s Republic of
China and negotiated a treaty with the
Soviet Union that limited nuclear
manufacturing however after the Soviets
invaded Afghanistan in 1979 that treaty
was never ratified and Carter decided on
a controversial u.s. boycott of 1980s
Moscow Olympics 1979 also saw diplomats
taken hostage by Iranian students at the
US Embassy in Tehran
Carter negotiated furiously for their
release but was unable to do so before
the election if the American hostages
are harmed a severe price will be paid
this coupled with an uncertain economy
at home helped lead to Carter’s
overwhelming defeat by Ronald Reagan
when he ran for re-election in 1980 in
fact he was the first president not to
win a second term since 1932 due to his
depiction as an ineffectual and
indecisive leader following his
presidency he returned to his farm wrote
many books taught University and acted
as a diplomat during numerous
international conflicts he also
established the Carter Center and in
2002 these human rights efforts won him
the Nobel Peace Prize
we can choose to alleviate suffering we
can choose to work together for peace we
can make these changes and we must some
have depicted Carter’s presidency as a
failed one however his reputation as a
humanitarian and as a peacekeeper has
proven Jimmy Carter to be immensely
successful
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