What is Jimmy Carter?
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg | caption = Official portrait, 1977 | alt = Jimmy Carter smiling | office = 39th [[President of the United States]] | vicepresident = [[Walter Mondale]] | term_start = January 20, 1977 | term_end = January 20, 1981 | predecessor = [[Gerald Ford]] | successor = [[Ronald Reagan]] | order1 = 80th [[List of governors of Georgia|Governor of Georgia]] | lieutenant1 = [[Lester Maddox]] | term_start1 = January 12, 1971 | term_end1 = January 14, 1975 | predecessor1 = Lester Maddox | successor1 = [[George Busbee]] | state_senate2 = Georgia State | district2 = 14th | term_start2 = January 14, 1963 | term_end2 = January 10, 1967 | predecessor2 = District created | successor2 = [[Hugh Carter]] | constituency2 = [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]] | birth_name = James Earl Carter Jr. | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|10|01}} | birth_place = [[Plains, Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2024|12|29|1924|10|1}} | death_place = Plains, Georgia, U.S. | resting_place = [[Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter House|209 Woodland Drive]], Plains | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Rosalynn Carter|Rosalynn Smith]]|1946|2023|reason=died}} | children = 4; including [[Jack Carter (politician)|Jack]] and [[Amy Carter|Amy]] | education = [[United States Naval Academy]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BS]])<br>[[Georgia Institute of Technology]] | parents = {{Plainlist| * [[James Earl Carter Sr.]] (father) * [[Lillian Gordy Carter|Lillian Gordy]] (mother)}} | awards = [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]<br>[[Nobel Peace Prize]]<br>[[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album|Grammy Award