Jimmy Carter dead at 100: Former president who strived for 'lasting peace' dies after receiving hospice care for over a year

Jimmy Carter, a former President known for his pursuit of lasting peace through diplomatic means, passed away in Plains, Georgia at the age of 100. He believed in creating enduring peace not through warfare, but by aligning international strategies with our fundamental values.

Born as James Earl Carter Jr. on October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia, he was the son of James Earl Carter Sr. and Lillian Gordy Carter. Growing up in Archery, Georgia, he later graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1946.

During his service in the U.S. Navy, Carter specialized in submariner duties and was eventually involved in the nuclear submarine program in New York. His expertise revolved around reactor technology and nuclear physics, and he supervised the pre-commissioning team of the nation’s second nuclear submarine.

Following his father’s death in 1953, Carter and his wife Rosalynn returned to his childhood home in Georgia where he had his first foray in politics serving on several community boards. Carter was then won a seat in Georgia’s state legislature before being elected the state’s 76th governor, an office he held from 1971 until 1975.

Then-Gov. Carter announced his bid for the presidency in December 1974. Alongside Vice President Walter Mondale, Carter was elected the country’s 39th president less than two years later. During his inaugural address, Carter pledged to make government “both competent and compassionate” and renew “our search for humility, mercy, and justice.”

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Warren E. Burger administers the oath of office to Jimmy Carter during his presidential inauguration in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 1977.

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His presidential library cites the Panama Canal treaties, the Camp David Accords, the Egypt-Israel peace treaty and the establishment of U.S.-China relations as Carter’s major foreign policy achievements. Domestically, Carter and his administration supported energy, education and environmental reform, creating the cabinet-level Department of Energy and the modern Department of Education during his time in office.

Carter ran for re-election but lost to Ronald Reagan, though he stayed in the public eye after leaving office. He founded the human rights-focused Carter Center and later worked alongside several subsequent presidents and foreign leaders on peacekeeping, humanitarian and other diplomacy missions.

In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on the Camp David Accords — “itself a great enough achievement to qualify for the Nobel Peace Prize,” the committee said — and other humanitarian work.

Carter was last seen on his 100th birthday. In a video published by the Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, the former president was seen with family watching an F-18 Super Hornet flyover from Naval Air Station Oceana in honor of his centennial.

Carter also made a rare appearance out of hospice care in a wheelchair to honor former first lady and wife Rosalynn Carter at her funeral in February of 2023. She died on Nov. 19, 2023 at the age of 96.

Rosalynn Carter was memorialized Tuesday at Glenn Memorial Church in Atlanta with her 99-year-old husband Jimmy Carter in the front row.

He is survived by his four children.

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