THE DETAILS: Carter sought the presidency in 1976 as an outsider in a party largely controlled in Washington by New Deal liberals and Kennedy loyalists. Carter was a “Southern Democrat” who ...

Carter died last Sunday at age 100. He autographed it for me. The other is Ted Kennedy’s “True Compass.” It was published in 2009, a month after the longtime senator’s death Aug. 25 ...

In 1980, when he ran for re-election, he was challenged by fellow Democrat Ted Kennedy. Carter eventually secured the Democratic nomination for a second term but lost to Republican Ronald Reagan ...

Edward M. Kennedy, his most famous foe, who challenged him for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980. Sometimes Carter mended fences quickly, as with Ford. In other instances, time ...

Birch Bayh of Indiana, who also was famous for pulling a badly injured Kennedy from the wreckage of a 1964 plane crash. Carter and campaign strategist Hamilton Jordan, though, utilized five key ...

DORCHESTER- The Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston hosted a live viewing of former President Jimmy Carter's state funeral Thursday to observe the national day of mourning. "This is an important ...