Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and living a life of service.

By Peter Baker While new books on presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan pop up regularly on bookstore shelves, Jimmy Carter for a long time generated little ...

Jimmy Carter was riding high in the 1976 presidential campaign. Then he told Playboy magazine he'd “committed adultery in my heart many times.” ...

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to ... At that time, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was at the beginning of his first term. Had Coolidge lived as long as Carter, he would have ...

Jimmy Carter made several visits to Northeast Ohio, including stops at Rolling Acres, Chapel Hill and Akron Square.

Plains, Ga., joins a collection of other small towns known for their part in presidential history. That can provide a steady ...

John Harris is founding editor and global editor-in-chief of POLITICO. His Altitude column offers a regular perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. Let’s imagine that Franklin D.

The late President Jimmy Carter in particular decided to do something no other president has done before and it has now become an ongoing tradition. The backstory: Usually, the newly-sworn-in ...

Funeral services honoring the former president will span six days, include three cities and various stops significant to Carter, his family and his legacy.

Everybody knows that Jimmy Carter was America’s last truly ... “Can anyone imagine Franklin D. Roosevelt talking this way?” fumed the historian and political activist Arthur Schlesinger ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United ... He even resurrected the fireside chat, a throwback to the era of Franklin D. Roosevelt. His presidency paralleled the disco era and what could ...