Some Interesting Things About Jimmy Carter You Might Not Know.
As Jason has posted, former President, Governor of Georgia, a peanut farmer, Sunday School teacher, and the pride of Plains, GA. Jimmy Carter has passed away at the age of 100.
Our prayers go out to the Carter family in their time of grief.
Carter will be remembered for many things, but here are some things that might get overlooked:
- Before attending the U.S. Naval Academy, Carter attended Georgia Tech and is thus considered an alum of The Institute.
- During his 1970 campaign for Governor, he de-emphasized his support for integration and sought the support of segregationists, prompting the Atlanta Constitution to call him an “ignorant, racist, backward, ultra-conservative, red-necked South Georgia peanut farmer.”
- Nevertheless, he shocked many when he called for an end to segregation in his Inaugural Address.
- Carter took advantage of new rules for accumulating delegates in the 1976 race for the Democratic Presidential Nomination – shocking the Democratic Establishment on the way to securing victory.
- During the 1976 General Election, he sat for an interview with Playboy magazine and admitted he “had lust in his heart” – undermining support he had from Southern Christians.
- Carter ran for President as an outsider and was often at odds with the Democratic Congress. He later admitted he had “an inherent incompatibility” with DC insiders.
- Perhaps his greatest and longest-lasting accomplishment as President was the “Camp David Accords” creating peace between Egypt and Israel – a peace which has lasted to this day.
Details of the President’s funeral will be announced soon. As is the case with high-ranking dignitaries such as Presidents, funeral plans have been in place for quite some time. However, some of his final wishes are known:
He hopes to be buried in his front yard in his hometown of Plains. “Plains is special to us. I could be buried in Arlington Cemetery or wherever I want, but my wife was born here and I was born here,” he told C-SPAN in December 2006. “Plains is where our hearts have always been.” In a profile in 2021 in the Washington Post, Carter told reporters, “We’re going to be buried right there, on that little hill,” motioning towards a lawn near a pond on his property.
