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December 30, 2024 | 01:47 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The 39th President of the United States, Jimmy Carter, was greatly admired for his perseverance as the head of the country during one of America’s critical predicaments. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 for his work in diplomacy and advocacy for both domestic and foreign affairs.
Carter’s long-standing efforts to aid the world’s crises expanded way further beyond his presidential tenure, with the Carter Center becoming the front line of waging peace, fighting disease, and building hope.
Let’s dive deeper into the life of Jimmy Carter, from his early career and presidential legacies to some interesting facts about the Nobel winner, as per the White House, Britannica, National Geographic, and Washington Post.
Jimmy Carter’s Early Life
Jimmy Carter, whose full name is James Earl Carter, Jr., was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. He was the first American president to have been delivered in a hospital where home birth settings were more common.
Born to a peanut warehouser father who had served in the Georgia state legislature, Earl Carter, and a registered nurse mother, Lilian Gordy Carter, the 39th President’s upbringing was all about peanut farming, politics, and devotion to the Baptist faith, the White House noted.
According to Britannica, Jimmy Carter studied at Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology before graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1946. Shortly after, he married Rosalynn Smith, who came from the same hometown, Plains, Georgia. The Carters have three sons, John William, James Earl III, Donnel Jeffrey, and a daughter, Amy Lynn.
Upon the marriage, Carter commenced his Navy career, which lasted for seven years. As he was in the preparation of becoming an engineering officer of the submarine Seawolf in 1953, his father died, leading the environmentalist warrior to leave the Navy and return to Georgia to oversee the family peanut farm operations.
Jimmy Carter's Political Career
Back in Plains, Georgia, the civil rights movement has begun to mainstream in the year of Carter’s return. The mainstay of the agenda was for Black people across the country to receive the same rights as white people.
Carter became the only white man in his hometown of Plains who refused to associate with the White Citizens Council, which promoted fighting back against the civil rights movement. As per National Geographic, his stance resulted in a boycott of his farm by several white people.
Instead of steering away from the racial discrimination in Georgia, Jimmy Carter ran for the Georgia Senate to work as a state senator from 1963 to 1967. During his four-year tenure, Carter helped renounce laws that prohibited Black people from voting.
Three years later, Jimmy Carter was elected governor of the state in 1970. He stated in his inaugural speech that he would put the efforts to advance civil rights with a mention of “the time of racial discrimination is over.”
Carter announced his presidential candidacy two years before the 1976 race in which he received many acts of belittlement for being unknown outside of his home state, Georgia. However, he managed to win the election through a tireless and systematic campaign.
As per National Geographic, voters were interested in the way Carter styled himself as an outsider to Washington, D.C., who had no prior involvement in national politics or the recent presidential scandal.
Interesting Facts about Jimmy Carter
Citing from the Washington Post, there are a few interesting facts about the 39th President of the US, Jimmy Carter, that might surprise you as follows:
Jimmy Carter was the first-ever American president to be inaugurated by his nickname. His actual name, James Earl Carter, Jr., was rarely used even when Carter took the presidential oath in the office.
The Carters, Jimmy and Rosalynn, had a longer marriage than any other presidential couple, with both marrying for 77 years.
Jimmy Carter helmed the installment of solar water-heating panels on the roof of the White House West Wing. This was revealed by Carter himself in 1979 in the pursuit of sustainable energy deployment.
Jimmy Carter had the most racially and gender-diverse judicial appointments, which included 57 minority judges and 41 female judges to the federal judiciary during his term.
28 years old Carter was exposed to 89 seconds of radiation inside a nuclear reactor in Ontario, Canada, in 1952 when he was assigned as one of the Navy team in charge of the meltdown.
With his post-presidency work through the Carter Center continuing to inspire generations, Jimmy Carter’s legacy is a testament to a life dedicated to public service, human rights, and environmental advocacy. For more informed U.S. presidential news, check out the most influential U.S. presidents in history here.
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