Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams ...

In an essay for PEOPLE, she explains how the journey led her to an inspiring encounter with President Carter Matt McClain ... and also John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson became president, he ...

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ...

President Jimmy Carter was honored in a state funeral in Washington on Thursday, alongside a private memorial in Georgia.

Steve Ford gave his father’s posthumous elegy for Carter at Washington National Cathedral. “I’m looking forward to our reunion,” the 38th president wrote. “We have much to catch up on.” ...

Among former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter was in a league of his ... Washington’s four immediate successors — John Adams, Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe — all returned to farming.

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as ... presidents – that are willing – can aim for.” John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, was elected to Congress after ...

Other performances came from the Cathedral Choir (“The Road Home”), Phyllis Adams and Lilia Boden (“Amazing ... “Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood singing John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ at the Jimmy Carter ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his ... friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.” Carter defeated Ford in 1976 but the ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ((L) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) present a wreath during a ceremony honoring the late former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the ...