President Carter,"The peanut farmer",Democratic

#39 President Carter

January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924)

Fun fact: Jimmy Carter that you may not know is that he played basketball at Plains High School.

Carter’s new emphasis on human rights led to a Congressional requirement for the annual submission by the Department of State of “a full and complete report” on human rights practices around the world.

presidentThe presidency of Jimmy Carter began at noon EST(Eastern Time Zone) on January 20, 1977, when Jimmy Carter was inaugurated as 39th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1981. Carter , a Democrat, took office after defeating Republican incumbent President Gerald Ford in the 1976 presidential election.

The election of Democrat Jimmy Carter as President in 1976 brought a new emphasis, based on Carter's personal ideology, to U.S. foreign policy. Carter believed that the nation's foreign policy should reflect its highest moral principles—a definite break with the policy and practices of the Nixon Administration.

On December 1979, President Jimmy Carter requests that the Senate postpone action on the SALT-II nuclear weapons treaty and recalls the U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union.

Jimmy Carter, now 86, retains his global vision. And 30 years after leaving the White House, the peanut farmer turned president is still a man on mission. In Plains, Georgia, we found the 39th US president full of energy… and determined to make a difference