Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924, to a prominent family in rural south Georgia. He went on to the U.S. Naval Academy during World War II and pursued a career as a Cold War Naval officer before returning to Georgia with Rosalynn and their young family to take over the family peanut business after Earl Carter’s death in the 1950s.

President Jimmy Carter left the White House with approval ratings worse than Richard Nixon. But in the years that followed, he earned back Americans' adoration as a compassionate, Nobel Peace Prize-wi

The remains of Jimmy Carter, who served only one term in the White House but lived longer than any U.S. president in history, arrived at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to lie in state ahead of a Thursday funeral.