Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams ...

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ...

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

In an essay for PEOPLE, she explains how the journey led her to an inspiring encounter with President Carter Matt McClain ... and also John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson became president, he ...

Steve Ford gave his father’s posthumous elegy for Carter at Washington National Cathedral. “I’m looking forward to our reunion,” the 38th president wrote. “We have much to catch up on.” ...

As we learned of President Jimmy Carter’s passing, it is a good time to revisit where the Georgian ranks among the U.S. presidents in terms of the best. Over the years, the actions of the former ...

Among former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter was in a league of his ... Washington’s four immediate successors — John Adams, Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe — all returned to farming.

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as ... presidents – that are willing – can aim for.” John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, was elected to Congress after ...

The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his ... friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.” Carter defeated Ford in 1976 but the ...