What is James Earl Carter Sr.?
{{Infobox officeholder | honorific-prefix = | name = James Earl Carter Sr. | honorific-suffix = | image = | alt = | office =Member of the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] for Sumter County | term_start = January 1953 | term_end = July 22, 1953 | predecessor = Charles Burgamy | successor = Thad M. Jones | birth_date = {{birth date|1894|9|12}} | birth_place = [[Arlington, Georgia]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1953|7|22|1894|9|12}} | death_place = [[Plains, Georgia]], U.S. | death_cause = [[Pancreatic cancer]] | profession = Politician, businessman, farmer | nationality = American | spouse = {{marriage|[[Lillian Gordy Carter]]|September 27, 1923}} | parents = William Archibald Carter<br>Nina Pratt | children = [[Jimmy Carter|Jimmy]], [[Gloria Carter Spann|Gloria]], [[Ruth Carter Stapleton|Ruth]], and [[Billy Carter|Billy]] | known_for = Father and namesake of [[Jimmy Carter]] | alma_mater = | party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] | otherparty= | allegiance = {{flag|United States of America|1917}} | branch = {{army|USA}}<br />[[File:Seal of the Georgia National Guard.png|25px]] [[Georgia National Guard]] | rank = {{plainlist| * [[Sergeant#United States|Sergeant]] (at end of [[World War I]]) * [[Second lieutenant (United States)|Second Lieutenant]] ([[Georgia National Guard]]) }} |birth_name=James Earl Carter}} '''James Earl Carter''' (September 12, 1894 &ndash; July 22, 1953) was an American politician, businessman, and farmer. He was from [[Plains, Georgia]]. He was the father of [[Jimmy Carter]]. Carter was a conservative in his political views. Carter, Sr. was elected to the [[Georgia House of Representatives]] in 1953, as a Democrat, and served briefly representing [[Sumter County, Georgia|Sumter County]] until his death later that year.<ref>{{cite web|title=Members of General Assembly 1953-1954|publisher=State of Georgia|url=http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/govdimag.cgi?path=dbs/1953/ga/s700/_ps1/g4/1953_h54/rev_p.con/&user=gali