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Jimmy Carter: Peanut farmer, Peace Prize winner, and president
Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived president in United States history.
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Jimmy Carter campaign button, 1976
Button from Jimmy Carter's 1976 U.S. presidential campaign.
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Jimmy Carter campaign button, 1976
Button from Jimmy Carter's 1976 U.S. presidential campaign.
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Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale
Jimmy Carter (center) raising hands with Walter Mondale at the Democratic National...
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Gerald Ford
Gerald Ford was the only person to have served as U.S. vice president and U.S. president...
The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum
Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter (left) and U.S. Pres. Gerald Ford in the first of three televised debates...
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Richard J. Daley and Jimmy Carter
Richard J. Daley (right foreground) campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate...
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American presidential election, 1976
Results of the American presidential election, 1976. Source: Office of the Clerk...
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The election results of 1976
At a glance: the presidential election of 1976.
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Interactive: Jimmy Carter's life
Key events in the life of Jimmy Carter.
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