This text chronicles the life and presidency of Jimmy Carter, from his birth and early career to his landmark achievements and challenges in office.
James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, to James Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. He married Rosalynn Smith in July 1946, and they had four children: John William (Jack), born in 1947; James Earl 3rd (Chip), born in 1950; Donnel Jeffrey (Jeff), born in 1952; and Amy Lynn, born in 1967. From 1946 to 1953, Carter served in the Navy's nuclear submarine program, achieving the rank of lieutenant commander.
From 1953 to 1971, he assisted in running the family peanut farm and warehouse business. In 1966, Carter unsuccessfully sought the Democratic gubernatorial nomination. On December 12, 1974, he announced his candidacy for president, drawing a headline from an Atlanta newspaper: “Jimmy Who?” In January 1976, Carter led the Democratic field in Iowa, a significant campaign boost that helped establish Iowa's first-in-the-nation caucus. In July 1976, Carter accepted the Democratic nomination and chose Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota as his running mate. In November 1976, Carter defeated President Gerald R. Ford, securing 51% of the vote and 297 electoral votes to Ford's 240. On January 1977, Carter was sworn in as the 39th president of the United States. On his first full day in office, he pardoned most Vietnam-era draft evaders. In September 1977, the U.S. and Panama signed treaties to return the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999. The Senate narrowly ratified these treaties in 1978. In September 1978, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and Carter signed the Camp David accords, leading to a peace agreement between Egypt and Israel the following year. From June 15-18, 1979, Carter attended a summit with Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in Vienna, which resulted in the signing of the SALT II treaty. In November 1979, Iranian militants stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 hostages. All hostages survived and were freed minutes after Carter left office in January 1981. The Mariel boatlift began in April 1980, sending tens of thousands of Cubans to the U.S
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