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

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 ...

I would keep John Adams, Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, William McKinley, and Andrew Jackson in the top 19. But for his accomplishments in office, Carter belongs with them in the Top 20. Were we ...

Discover how former U.S. presidents have spent their years after leaving the White House, from founding universities to leading humanitarian efforts and finding new personal passions.

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 ...

Steve Ford By fate of a brief season, Jimmy Carter and I were rivals. But for the many wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

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.

Jimmy Carter and I were rivals,” the youngest Ford son read. “But for many of the wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.” ...

Phyllis Adams ... a final farewell to Jimmy Carter — Navy veteran, peanut farmer, governor of Georgia, and president of the United States," said Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a South ...

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

ATLANTA - A national Day of Mourning will take place on Jan. 9 the day of former President Jimmy Carter's official ... when President John Quincy Adams issued an order to honor Thomas Jefferson ...

In addition to the numerous obituaries of Jimmy Carter, comparisons between Carter ... most historians cite a short prayer President John Adams wrote to his wife in 1800 when he moved into the ...