Despite criticisms of his presidency, Jimmy Carter led major government reform efforts that had a lasting impact on agencies, employees and the public.
Stuart Eizenstat, Jimmy Carter's former chief domestic policy adviser, spoke about Carter's time as president when he spoke at Thursday's state funeral. See Eizenstat's full address.
Carter’s Chief White House Domestic Policy Advisor calls him America’s “most accomplished one-term modern president.”
Here, see all the photos of Jimmy Carter's state funeral: Carter's family, including daughter Amy Carter (4th L), watch as the Carter's casket leaves the Capitol for the state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. A view of Carter's remains leaving the Capitol. The Carter family looks on as a honor guard carries him.
Gerald Ford won’t be the only person speaking beyond the grave. Carter’s vice president, Walter Mondale, also had a eulogy he wrote for Carter read by his son, Ted Mondale. Walter Mondale died in 2021 at the age of 93. He was born four years after Carter.
"I've let my wife be the ultimate judge on what should be done," Carter said in 1995 of his funeral plans. Carter, who returned to his hometown of Plains, Georgia, after his term as president ended, was active in his local community, and taught Sunday School at Maranatha Baptist Church.
Stuart E. Eizenstat was chief White House domestic policy adviser to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981 and held several senior positions in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001, including U.S. ambassador to the European Union, undersecretary ...
The nation celebrated Jimmy Carter, the religious man who truly practiced what he preached, with final ceremonies Thursday. The services in Washington on Thursday were reflections and solemn tributes,
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Front row, from left. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff and second row from left,
Thousands, including all living presidents, gathered at the Washington National Cathedral to honor President Jimmy Carter, culminating a series of memorial events.