Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday
On October 1st, 2024, James Earl Carter, Jr., known as Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, will turn 100-years-old.
From his time as governor of Georgia, through his presidential term and later life, we look back at Carter’s career, through the camera lens of The Associated Press.
Georgia State Sen. Jimmy Carter hugs his wife, Rosalynn, at his Atlanta campaign headquarters Sept. 15, 1966, after making a strong showing in the primary election, Sept 14, 1966, in the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. (AP Photo)
Former State Sen. Jimmy Carter listens to applause in Atlanta on April 3, 1970, after announcing his candidacy for governor. In the background, his wife Rosalyn holds two-year-old daughter Amy who joined in the applause. Carter, 45, of Plains, Ga., finished third in the 1966 Democratic Primary behind Gov. Lester Maddox and Ellis Arnall. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)
Georgia Governor Lester Maddox, right, takes his name plate as Governor-Elect Jimmy Carter places his nameplate on the desk of the government office in the Capitol at Atlanta, on Jan. 12, 1971. (AP Photo)
Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia dons a cap along with six Rockettes from Radio City Music Hall in New York, during a backstage visit, Sept. 22, 1973. Carter is in New York to invite the film industry to produce films in his state. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Former Gov. Jimmy Carter of Georgia announces in Washington on Aug. 14, 1975, that he qualified for federal matching funds to help finance his campaign for the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination. (AP Photo)
Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter visits the Liberty Bell on a campaign swing in Philadelphia, April 26, 1976. He and other candidates are in Pennsylvania for Primary elections. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
A person in a Mr. Peanut costume with a Carter sticker, draws a smile and a handshake from Jimmy Carter, the Democratic presidential candidate, Oct. 28, 1976, Erie, Pa. Carter is noted for his peanut farming in Georgia. (AP Photo)
Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter gives an informal press conference in Los Angeles during a campaign tour through the West and Midwest, Aug. 23, 1976. (AP Photo)
Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter finds four-month-old Joseph Summer of Wrightsville, Ga. a little upset while being photographed by his dad at Plains, Ga., Aug. 23, 1976. Carter had just come out of church and met with tourists who had gathered. (AP Photo/Peter Bregg)
President-elect Jimmy Carter with his family during the celebration in Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3, 1976, following his victory against incumbent, President Gerald Ford. (AP Photo)
President-elect Jimmy Carter carriers Amy's doll house from his home in Plains, Ga., Jan. 17, 1977, to a truck which will carry it to their new home, The White House, in Washington, D.C. A worker from Carter's peanut warehouse gives a hand, they are followed by a Secret Service agent. (AP Photo)
Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office as the 39th President of the United States at the Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 20, 1977, as his wife Rosalynn holds the Bible. Chief Justice of the United States Warren Burger administers the oath while Sen. Howard Cannon of Nevada stands behind the Carters. (AP Photo)
President Jimmy Carter is seated behind his desk in the Oval Office of the White House moments before addressing the nation on the administrations new energy policies, April 18, 1977, Washington, D.C. Carter made his statements on national television and radio. (AP Photo/Charles W. Harrity)
President Jimmy Carter, left, presents the Medal of Freedom Award to Mrs. Coretta King, wife of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, during a ceremony at the White House in Washington on July 11, 1977. Referring to the late Dr. King, the inscription on the award stated that "King was the conscience of his generation." At right is Martin Luther King Sr. (AP Photo/John Duricka)
Officials execute the Panama Canal treaty, Sept. 7, 1977, at the Pan American Union in Washington. From left are: President Jimmy Carter, Organization of American States Secretary General Alejandro Orfila, and Panama’s head of government Omar Torrijos. (AP Photo)
President Jimmy Carter reviews rows of honor guards during arrival ceremonies at the Dodan Barracks in Lagos, Nigeria, Saturday, April 1, 1978. (AP Photo)
Wearing protective boots, President Carter, center right, accompanied by Dr. Harold Denton, Director of the U.S. Nuclear Agency, left, and Pennsylvania Gov. Dick Thornburgh, left-rear, tour the control room of the Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Middletown, Pa. on April 1, 1979, four days after the nuclear accident. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
President Jimmy Carter reins in "Big Red" as he and members of his family returned from a horseback ride near Jenny Lake in Wyoming, Aug. 29, 1978. (AP Photo)
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin clasp hands on the north lawn of the White House in Washington on March 26, 1979, as they completed the signing of the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel. (AP Photo)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter, left, smiles at Soviet President and Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev at the Vienna Imperial Hofburg Palace, as both exchange documents of SALT II Treaty after the signing ceremony, June 18, 1979, Vienna, Austria. (AP Photo)
President Jimmy Carter and Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ohira, in shirt sleeves, stand on the rocks enjoying the scenery of the garden of the Yoshida Villa in Oiso, Japan, on June 26, 1979. (AP Photo/ John Duricka)
President Jimmy Carter, left, shakes hands with former rival for the Democratic nomination, Sen. Edward Kennedy, at a Democratic Party fundraiser in Los Angeles, Sept. 22, 1980. (AP Photo)
President Jimmy Carter bows his head during a Prayer Service at Washington Cathedral on Nov. 15, 1979, for the hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, Iran. From left: Carter, Vice-President Walter F. Mondale, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. (AP Photo/Ira Schwarz)
U.S. President Jimmy Carter concedes defeat in the presidential election as he addresses a group of Carter-Mondale supporters in Washington, D.C., Nov. 4, 1980. Standing behind Carter is his wife, Rosalynn, and at right is their daughter Amy. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
Incoming President Ronald Reagan shakes hands with outgoing President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1981 during Reagan's swearing in ceremony. Reagan's wife Nancy is between them with her back to the camera. (AP Photo)
Former President Jimmy Carter waves with former hostage Bruce Laingen, right, on the balcony of the U.S. Air Force hospital, Jan. 22, 1981, in Wiesbaden, Germany. Carter paid a three-hour visit to the returnees from Iran at the hospital, where they are lodged, after 444 days of captivity. (AP Photo)
Former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn discuss an architect's model of the proposed Carter Presidential Library and the Carter Center of Emory University during a press conference at Emory University, Sept. 22, 1983 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Ric Feld)
President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan, left, watch grandchildren of former President Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter as they cut the ribbon to open the Carter Presidential Library in Atlanta, Oct. 1, 1986. The children are, from left: Sarah, Jason and James Earl Carter IV. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
Former President Jimmy Carter marks a board to be cut as he works with the Habitat for Humanity project in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, July 27, 1987. The group of workers plans to build 14 homes in five days. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
Former President Jimmy Carter, right, accompanied by Cuban President Fidel Castro, warms up before throwing the first pitch in an all-star baseball game at the Latinamerican Stadium in Havana, Cuba, May 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Cristobal Herrera)
Former President Jimmy Carter gives a speech after receiving the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, at Oslo City Hall, Norway, Dec. 10, 2002. (AP Photo/Bjoern Sigurdsoen, Pool)
Former President Jimmy Carter, right, waves after blowing out candles on a birthday cake as wife Rosalynn looks on during his 90th birthday celebration, Oct. 1, 2014, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Text and photo curation by Katherine O'Mara