Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States (1977-1981), as well as a senator and governor of Georgia. A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Carter served on Navy submarines, and worked on his family’s peanut farm. Some of his achievements as president include the establishment of the Departments of Energy and Education, and pardons for Vietnam War draft evaders. He received a Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for post-presidential work to promote peace and human rights with the Carter Center. Carter also wrote numerous books of nonfiction and memoir, as well as a novel, a children’s book, and a volume of poems, Always a Reckoning (1995).
The Homes
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC (The White House)
Built of Aquia Creek sandstone, this 130-room Neoclassical mansion was largely destroyed by arson during the War of 1812, and reconstructed in 1817. Additions include the South Portico (1824), the North Portico (1829), the West Wing (1901), and the Oval Office (1909). In 1949, the inside was completely gutted to stabilize the building with steel framing. The grounds were designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in 1935. The mansion was named a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
Also home to: Rose Elizabeth Cleveland Ulysses S. Grant John Hay Herbert Hoover Paul Jennings John F. Kennedy Eleanor Roosevelt Anna Roosevelt Halsted Elliott Roosevelt James Roosevelt II Theodore Roosevelt Alice Roosevelt Longworth Helen Herron Taft Margaret Truman Edith Bolling Galt Wilson