Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States of America, was born in Plains, Georgia, in October 1924. He attended Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia Institute of Technology, and received a B.S. degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946. In the Navy he became a submariner, serving in both the Atlantic and Pacific fleets and rising to the rank of lieutenant, senior grade.
In July 1946, Jimmy Carter married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. When his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and returned with his family to Georgia. Jimmy operated Carter's Warehouse, a general-purpose seed and farm supply company in Plains, until being elected to the Georgia Senate in 1962. In 1971 he became Georgia's 76th Governor.
Jimmy Carter announced his candidacy for President of the United States on December 12 1974. As the Democratic Party nominee, he was elected President on November 2 1976, serving from 1977 to 1981. More
