Carter's presidency was marred by high inflation and economic turmoil. His appointment of Paul Volcker helped curb inflation, but also led to a recession. He faced a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the general election.

A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights.

President Joe Biden declared January 9 a national day of mourning to coincide with Carter’s state funeral at Wash

Stuart Eizenstat, a policy advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, discusses Carter's achievements and challenges during his presidency.

Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100 at his home in Plains, Georgia, the Carter Center said. Carter served one term as the 37th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 but lived longer than any other US president.

His postpresidential greatness is what will be remembered. But he was a shrewder politician than people realize.

In the last decade, particularly the last few years, a churn of work — biographies, documentaries, books — has been produced aimed at reevaluating the Carter presidency.

His appointment of Paul Volcker as Federal Reserve chairman proved crucial in eventually ... NYSE Group President Lynn Martin emphasized Carter’s service, stating, “Jimmy Carter, with humble roots as a farmer and family man, devoted his life to public ...

"We will protect our environment," Carter said in 1979. "But when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it."

U.S. stocks are recoiling on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high.

Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and the public.