Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

{{Short description|President of the United States from 1977 to 1981}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Jimmy Carter
| image               = JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg<!--Do not change without discussing-->
| alt                 = Portrait of Jimmy Carter in a dark blue suit
| caption             = Official portrait, 1977
| order               = 39th
| office              = President of the United States
| vicepresident       = [[Walter Mondale]]
| term_start          = January 20, 1977
| term_end            = January 20, 1981
| predecessor         = [[Gerald Ford]]
| successor           = [[Ronald Reagan]]
| order1              = 76th
| office1             = Governor of Georgia
| term_start1         = January 12, 1971
| term_end1           = January 14, 1975
| predecessor1        = [[Lester Maddox]]
| successor1          = [[George Busbee]]
| lieutenant1         = Lester Maddox
| state_senate2       = Georgia State
| district2           = [[Georgia's 14th Senate district|14th]]
| term_start2         = January 14, 1963
| term_end2           = January 9, 1967
| predecessor2        = [[James M. Dykes]]
| successor2          = [[Hugh Carter]]
| birth_name          = James Earl Carter Jr.
| birth_date          = {{Birth date|1924|10|01}}
| birth_place         = [[Plains, Georgia]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2024|12|29|1924|10|01}}
| death_place         = Plains, Georgia, U.S.
| resting_place       = [[Jimmy Carter House]], Plains
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|[[Rosalynn Smith]]|July 7, 1946|November 19, 2023|end=died}}
| children            = 4, including [[Jack Carter (politician)|Jack]] and [[Amy Carter|Amy]]
| parents             = {{plainlist|
* [[James Earl Carter Sr.]]
* [[Bessie Lillian Gordy]]
}}
| relatives           = [[List of United States political families (C)#The Carters of Georgia|Carter family]]
| education           = [[United States Naval Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])
| occupation          = {{flatlist|
* Politician
* [[Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter|humanitarian]]
* [[Bibliography of Jimmy Carter#Books by Carter|author]]
}}
| awards              = [[List of awards and honors received by Jimmy Carter|Full list]]
| signature           = Jimmy Carter Signature-2.svg
| signature_alt       = Cursive signature in ink
| allegiance          = <!-- United States; obvious -->
| branch              = [[United States Navy]]<!--No flags per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG-->
| serviceyears        = {{plainlist|
* 1946–1953 (active)
* 1953–1961 (reserve)
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| rank                = [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]]<!--No icons per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG-->
| mawards             = {{plainlist|
* [[American Campaign Medal]]
* [[World War II Victory Medal]]
* [[China Service Medal]]
* [[National Defense Service Medal]]
}}
| battles             = [[United States Navy in World War II|World War II]]
| module              = {{Listen voice
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'''James Earl Carter Jr.'''<!--NOTE: Do not add "Jimmy" here per [[WP:HYPOCORISM]].--> (October 1, 1924{{spnd}}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 (United States)|Democratic Party]], Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th [[governor of Georgia]] and from 1963 to 1967 in the [[Georgia State Senate]]. He was the [[List of presidents of the United States by age|longest-lived president in U.S. history]] and the first to reach the [[age of 100]].

Born in [[Plains, Georgia]], Carter graduated from the [[U.S. Naval Academy]] in 1946 and joined the [[submarines in the United States Navy|submarine service]] before returning to his family's peanut farm. He was active in the [[civil rights movement]], then served as state senator and governor before [[Jimmy Carter 1976 presidential campaign|running for president]] in [[1976 United States presidential election|1976]]. He secured the [[1976 Democratic National Convention|Democratic nomination]] as a [[dark horse]] little known outside his home state before narrowly defeating [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] incumbent [[Gerald Ford]] in the general election.

As president, Carter [[Proclamation 4483|pardoned all Vietnam draft evaders]] and negotiated major foreign policy agreements, including the [[Camp David Accords]], the [[Panama Canal Treaties]], and the second round of [[Strategic Arms Limitation Talks]], and he [[Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations|established diplomatic relations with China]]. He created a national energy policy that included conservation, price control, and new technology. He signed bills that created the Departments [[United States Department of Energy|of Energy]] and [[United States Department of Education|Education]]. The later years of [[Presidency of Jimmy Carter|his presidency]] were marked by several foreign policy crises, including the [[Soviet invasion of Afghanistan]] (leading to the end of ''[[détente]]'' and the [[1980 Olympics boycott]]) and the fallout of the [[Iranian Revolution]] (including the [[Iran hostage crisis]] and [[1979 oil crisis]]). Carter [[Jimmy Carter 1980 presidential campaign|sought reelection]] in [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]], defeating [[1980 Democratic Party presidential primaries|a primary challenge]] by Senator [[Ted Kennedy]], but lost the election to Republican nominee [[Ronald Reagan]].

Polls of historians and political scientists have [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States|ranked Carter's presidency]] below average. <!--Do not connect these clauses with a "but", "while", "although" or "however", per WP:EDITORIAL-->[[Post-presidency of Jimmy Carter|His post-presidency]]—the longest in U.S. history—is viewed more favorably. After Carter's presidential term ended, he established the [[Carter Center]] to promote human rights, earning him the 2002 [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. He traveled extensively to conduct peace negotiations, [[election monitoring|monitor elections]], and end [[neglected tropical diseases]], becoming a major contributor to the [[eradication of dracunculiasis]]. Carter was a key figure in the nonprofit housing organization [[Habitat for Humanity]]. He also [[Bibliography of Jimmy Carter#Books by Carter|wrote political memoirs and other books]], commentary on the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]], and poetry.