- Has chosen his hometown of Plains, GA, for his burial in the event of his death, rather than Arlington National Cemetery, which he is eligible for as a WWII veteran.
- First US president born in a hospital.
- Related, on his mother's side of the family, to Elvis Presley.
- Is both fluent and literate in Spanish, writing his own speeches in Central and South American countries.
- Was a close friend of Gerald Ford despite their quite different political ideologies and the fact that he defeated Ford in the 1976 presidential election.
- He is fortunately the only one of his immediate family not to get cancer in his pancreas and die. His father and all three of his younger siblings (Gloria, Ruth, Billy) all died of pancreatic cancer. His mother died from breast cancer that spread to her bones and other organs including the pancreas.
- Pardoned all draft dodgers of the Vietnam War.
- To date 2019, Carter is the only US President to have completed his term without war, military attack or occupation.
- Has the longest post-presidency of the four living former US Presidents. He is the only one to have outlived his successor.
- First US president to use his nickname, "Jimmy Carter", when signing official government documents.
- He is the only U.S. president to have once lived in housing subsidized for the poor.
- On March 22, 2019, aged 94 years, 172 days, he became the oldest ever and longest living President in U.S. History surpassing George Bush who lived to 94 years, 171 days.
- Did not attend Joe Biden's Inauguration in 2021, the first time he did not attend a presidential inauguration since he attended his own inauguration in 1977.
- (October 11, 2002) Won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
- President of the United States, 20 January 1977 - 20 January 1981.
- Taught Baptist Sunday school.
- On Wednesday July 7, 2021, he and his wife Rosalynn Carter became the first married Presidential Couple to celebrate their 75th wedding anniversary.
- He created the Department of Education.
- He is the first US President to have a retirement spanning 40 years.
- Distant cousin of singer June Carter Cash and Davin Stanley.
- On Tuesday January 30, 2018 aged 93 years, 121 days Carter outlived his successor Ronald Reagan who died on June 5, 2004 aged 93 years, 120 days.
- Portrayed by Dan Aykroyd on Saturday Night Live (1975).
- While President of the USA, his Secret Service code name was "Deacon".
- Has done extensive volunteer work with Habitat for Humanity, an organization that builds houses for the homeless.
- Enrolled himself in the Evelyn Wood speed reading course at the White House and could read 1,200 wpm.
- The only U.S. president to win a Nobel Prize after leaving office.
- He is, along with Herbert Hoover and Harry Truman, one of only three Presidents to outlive two of his successors: Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush.
- On Sunday October 1, 2023, he became the first US President to reach the age of 99.
- Carter had actually planned to make his career in the Navy, and maybe retire to the family peanut farm when he decided to quit; however, his father's death in 1953 at the age of 28 forced Carter to return so he could rescue the family business.
- After leaving the White House he returned to Georgia, where in 1982 he founded the nonprofit Carter Center in Atlanta to promote peace and human rights worldwide. The Center has initiated projects in more than 65 countries to resolve conflicts, prevent human rights abuses, build democracy, improve health, and revitalize urban areas. He and his wife, Rosalynn Carter, still reside in Plains.
- On Friday November 30, 2018 aged 94 years, 60 days he became the oldest living U.S. President following the death of George Bush. He is also the oldest president to acquire the title aged 94 and gained the title the furthest from his presidency, 37 years, 314 days after he left the White House on January 20, 1981.
- Born the same day as Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
- Despite his progressive positions later in life, he initially leaned more conservative before and during his presidency. He supported the Vietnam War right up to the end, and controversially increased aid to El Salvador's military junta amid reports that it was committing human rights abuses. After his presidency, however, he denounced El Salvador's government as "the bloodthirstiest in the hemisphere".
- On Friday March 16, 2018 aged 93 years, 166 days, Carter outlived his close friend and predecessor Gerald Ford who died aged 93 years, 165 days on December 26, 2006.
- On Thursday October 17, 2019 he and Rosalynn Carter became the longest married Presidential Couple in U.S. History surpassing George Bush and Barbara Bush who were married for 73 years, 101 days from January 6, 1945 to Barbara's death on April 17, 2018.
- As of September 2012, he has lived the longest since leaving office of any President in American history, surpassing the previous 31-year record of Herbert Hoover.
- Eighth cousin twice removed of Barack Obama via William Terrell and Susannah Waters.
- While in the US Navy, he attended Old Dominion University.
- On Monday October 1, 2018 he became the second U.S. President to live to the age of 94 after George Bush who turned 94 earlier in 2018 On Tuesday 12, June.
- He holds the record for the longest retirement from the U. S. presidency, which began on January 20, 1981. The record had been previously held by John Adams, from March 4, 1801 until July 4, 1826, and Herbert Hoover, from March 4, 1933 until October 20, 1964.
- Former President of the United States. Children: John William Carter, James Carter, Donnel Jeffrey Carter, Amy Carter (Amy Lynn Carter). Attended Georgia Southwestern College 1941-1942, GA Inst. Tech., 1942-1943, U.S. Naval Academy 1946.
- Helped mediate the historic Camp David accords in 1978.
- Was interviewed by Adm. Hyman Rickover, went through the U.S. Navy nuclear power training program and was slated to serve aboard the Navy's second nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Seawolf (SSN-575), when he resigned his commission to go back home and take over the family business.
- To date (2009), only US President to have a National Historic Site named in his honor (300 N Bond Street, Plains, GA 31780-5562), the site of Carter's boyhood residential neighborhood.
- Graduated from the Naval Academy in 1946 and then served in the Navy for 7 years.
- Performed at the "One Less Tear" cancer benefit with wife Rosalynn Carter in Philipsburg, PA, on July 24, 2002.
- Led a major boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
- He is the longest lived US President thus far.
- The first U.S. president born after World War I.
- As of October 2002 was running the Carter Center in Atlanta, GA. with his wife Rosalynn Carter.
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