Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known asJ. Earl Carter — of Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.BornSeptember12, 1894.Served in the U.S. Army during World War I;grocer;member ofGeorgiastate house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died inoffice 1953.Died, ofpancreaticcancer,July 22,1953 (age58 years, 313days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga. | | Hugh Alton Carter, Sr. (1920-1999) — also known asHugh Carter — of Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,August13, 1920.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member ofGeorgiastate senate 14th District, 1967-81; alternate delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1968.Baptist.Died at Sumter RegionalHospital,Americus,SumterCounty, Ga.,June 24,1999 (age78 years, 315days).Interment atLebanonCemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga. | | James Earl Carter Jr. (1924-2024) — also known asJimmy Carter;"The Peanut";"Dasher";"Deacon" —of Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in ahospital,at Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,October1, 1924.Democrat. Member ofGeorgiastate senate, 1963-66;Governor ofGeorgia, 1971-75; defeated in primary, 1966;Presidentof the United States, 1977-81; defeated, 1980; delegate toDemocratic National Convention from Georgia,1996,2000,2004,2008;speaker,1984,1988.Baptist.Member,AmericanLegion;Council onForeign Relations;PhiAlpha Delta;Lions.Received theNobelPeace Prize in 2002.Died in Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,December29, 2024 (age100 years,89 days).Burial location unknown.| |  Relatives: SonofJamesEarl Carter, Sr. and Lillian (Gordy) Carter; married,July 7,1946, toEleanorRosalynn Smith; father ofJohnWilliam Carter; first cousin ofHughAlton Carter, Sr.. | | | | Political family:Carter #1family of Plains, Georgia. | | | | Cross-reference:ClennonKing —ThomasA. Hutto —GriffinSmith —JaneF. Harman —PhilipH. Alston, Jr. | | | | See alsoNationalGovernors Association biography —Wikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Internet Movie Databaseprofile —OurCampaignscandidate detail —NobelLaureates | | | | Books by Jimmy Carter:TurningPoint : A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age(1992) —AnHour Before Daylight : Memories of a Rural Boyhood(2001) —KeepingFaith : Memoirs of a President (1982) —Alwaysa Reckoning and Other Poems (1995) —TheBlood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East(1993) —Everythingto Gain : Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life(1987) —AGovernment As Good As Its People (1977) —LivingFaith (1996) —Negotiation:The Alternative to Hostility (1984) —AnOutdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections (1994) —Sourcesof Strength : Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith(1997) —TheVirtues of Aging (1998) —WhyNot The Best? (1975) —WhiteHouse Diary (2010) —TalkingPeace : A Vision for the Next Generation (1993, for youngreaders) | | | | Books about Jimmy Carter: DouglasBrinkley,TheUnfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey to the Nobel PeacePrize — Rod Troester,JimmyCarter as Peacemaker : A Post-Presidential Biography —Mike Resnick, ed.,AlternatePresidents [anthology] | | | | Critical books about Jimmy Carter:Nathan Miller,Star-SpangledMen : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Steven F.Hayward,TheReal Jimmy Carter : How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines AmericanForeign Policy, Coddles Dictators, and Created the Party of Clintonand Kerry — Bernard Goldberg,100People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is#37) |
| | Rosalynn Carter (1927-2023) — also known asEleanor Rosalynn Smith — of Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.Born in Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,August18, 1927.Democrat.First Ladyof the United States, 1977-81.Female.Died in Plains,SumterCounty, Ga.,November19, 2023 (age96 years, 93days).Interment atJimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Ga. | | John William Carter (b. 1947) — also known asJack Carter — of Las Vegas,ClarkCounty, Nev.BornJuly 3,1947.Democrat. Candidate forU.S.Senator from Nevada, 2006.Still living as of 2014.
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