In the 1970s, a conservative coalition came together to fight ceding control of the Panama Canal—proving the political ...

Carter was narrowly elected, garnering 50.1 percent of the vote to Ford’s 48, as the president made a late charge to almost overcome a double-digit deficit in the polls. The two presidents had a ...

As Carter’s fundamental decency, intelligence, devotion to faith, commitment to public service at home and abroad, and generosity of spirit were celebrated by the eulogists, Trump was the elephant in ...

One of the more emotional moments during the service for President Carter Thursday morning came from the words of former ...

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a ...

United Press International, the news wire service, had moved me from Tallahassee to Atlanta to cover the last year ... nomination away from President Gerald Ford. Carter was critical of Ford ...

Carter’s big break came in Florida on March 9, 1976, when he soundly defeated segregationist Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a ...

Ballotpedia publishes the federal vacancy count report tracking vacancies, nominations, and confirmations to all United States Article III federal courts each month. In the most recent report covering ...

Carter — who was the longest-living president in US history by the time he died at 100 — took the national and global stage when he defeated Republican Gerald Ford in November 1976.

Against the odds, Carter secured both the Democratic nomination and the presidency itself in 1976, winning a tight race against incumbent Gerald R. Ford, who came to the presidency following the ...

Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who became the 39th president of the United States during a time of gas shortages, Cold War drama and the Iran hostage crisis, died Sunday. He was 100.

In 1976, during his successful run against President Gerald Ford, Carter drew shouts and boos from a crowd of veterans in Seattle when he pledged to pardon Vietnam War draft evaders. Carter’s ...