1976: It’s Carter! Georgian wins presidency - Americus Times-Recorder
Nov 22, 2016 · Carter narrowly defeated President Gerald Ford 50 – 48 in the national popular vote and 297– 240 in the Electoral College (Ronald Reagan received one vote from a Ford elector.) The electoral vote was the closest it had been since 1916. Carter was confident of winning and in a playful mood.
Tight race in October 1980 as Carter and Reagan debate
Nov 4, 2020 · The first debate was between Governor Ronald Reagan and Congressman John Anderson. Although he was invited, President Jimmy Carter skipped it. He opposed having a debate with the Republican nominee and an independent candidate who originally sought the Republican nomination.
Greenville man describes Jimmy Carter's commitment to helping …
Dec 31, 2024 · Carter was from Plains, Georgia, not far from Americus. He knew Millard Fuller, who asked the former president if he would be interested in supporting the organization as a volunteer. Carter...
“The Story of Jimmy Carter is the Story of the South” - Americus …
Dec 29, 2024 · On the one hand, Reagan noted a region’s pride in Carter for winning the presidency and a region’s comeuppance from segregation and poverty on the other. Reagan explained, too, that the life and career of Jimmy Carter “is a powerful story of family and region.”
Jimmy Carter, a lifelong Baptist, left a legacy of faithfulness ...
“Between Nov. 4, 1979, when a mob of Islamic fundamentalists stormed the U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking hostage 52 American personnel, and Jan. 20, 1981, when his successor, Ronald Reagan, was inaugurated, Carter was consumed with the captives’ release,” Hastey said.
Rest In Power, Jimmy Carter - by Marcie Jones - Wonkette
Dec 30, 2024 · He had solar panels installed on the White House in 1979, which Ronald Reagan later had torn off, just to be an asshole. He urged energy conservation in front of a fireplace in a mustard-colored sweater, and hoped the US to get 20 percent of its power from solar, which still hasn’t happened.
A Reagan rally in the president's hometown - UPI
Oct 18, 1980 · PLAINS, Ga. -- Jimmy Carter's Republican neighbors in Sumter County are staging a rally for Ronald Reagan Sunday right here in the president's home town. If there are any Reagan supporters...
Jimmy Carter: A brief bio - ABC 6 News - kaaltv.com
Dec 29, 2024 · Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old.
The Carters: What you know may be wrong (or not quite right)
Dec 29, 2024 · But the non-profit organization was accused in Georgia courts of being a communist front, and King’s inner circle considered it radical. Jordan was beaten on the streets of Americus, a short ...
Jimmy Carter: A brief bio - KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Dec 29, 2024 · Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia. His death comes more than a year after the former president entered hospice care. He was 100 years old.