Former President Carter died on Sunday, according to the Carter Center. Let's take a look at his life and times in photos.
He turned 100 in October, making him the longest-lived president in U.S. history. Carter was the 39th President of the United States
Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter holds his 3-year-old daughter Amy, who holds a lion cub, and Lt. Gov. Lester Maddox holds another lion. They were presented in Atlanta on September 29, 1971 by the Adams Gates Company, which brought Lion Country Safari to Henry County. The children were named “Peanut” and “Pickrick” after Georgia's agriculture governor and former restaurateur lieutenant governor. The cubs were kept at Florida's Lion Country Sanctuary until they were moved to Henry County. UPI photoOn February 25, 1972, Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (D) reaches for his pen to sign a Georgia Senate resolution opposing forced busing to achieve integration in American classrooms. Ta. The resolution called on the U.S. Congress to convene a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the bus regulations. State Sen. James Lester (left) of Augusta, Georgia, and Bart Hamilton of Macon, Georgia, watch from the governor's office in Atlanta. State Sen. Hugh Carter of Plains, Georgia, is in the background holding hands. AP photoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter speaks to the audience on the convention floor at Madison Square Garden in New York City after being elected as the Democratic nominee on July 15, 1976. AP photoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter (center) reaches out to a crowd gathered at the Van Ryswick Farm to kick off his campaign on August 24, 1976 in Des Moines, Iowa. Amidst the crowd, Carter concluded her two-day stay in Iowa with a fundraiser. AP photoDemocratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter stands among a large pile of peanuts at the Carter Peanut Warehouse in Plains, Georgia, on September 22, 1976. The Democratic presidential candidate took an early morning walk through the warehouse to inspect some of the harvest. AP photoPresident Ford speaks while Jimmy Carter listens during the first of three televised debates held at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia on September 23, 1976. AP photoJimmy Carter takes the oath of office during his inauguration ceremony on January 21, 1977, with his wife Rosalynn Carter holding the family Bible. AP photoPresident Carter walks hand in hand with his wife Rosalynn Carter, daughter Amy, and the rest of their family during the inaugural parade in Washington, DC, January 21, 1977. This was the first time in history. A president has never rode to the White House in a horse-drawn carriage or automobile in a grand parade celebrating the oath of office. AFP (via Getty Images)Sen. James Sasser (D-Tennessee) meets with Vice President Walter Mondale (left) and President Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on February 9, 1977. We discussed the Clinch River Breeder Reactor. Disaster relief. Associated Press/Harvey GeorgesEgyptian President Anwar Sadat (left), President Carter (center), and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem begin holding hands on the north lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 1979, signaling peace between the two countries. The treaty has been signed. Israel. Associated Press/Bob DaughertyPresident Carter (left) smiles at the President of the Soviet Union and Party Leader Leonid Brezhnev at the Vienna Royal Palace as they exchange documents for the SALT II Treaty after the signing ceremony in Vienna on June 18, 1979. AP photoPresident Carter appreciates the applause from members of Congress and the audience at a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as he prepares to address the newly signed SALT II treaty on June 18, 1979. did. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoPresident Carter (center) inspects the new White House solar water heating system installed on the roof of the west wing of the mansion, beyond the Cabinet room, on June 20, 1979 in Washington, DC. Surrounded by reporters and cameramen. Associated Press/Harvey GeorgesOn May 31, 1980, President Carter watches a monitor in the control room of CBS Studios in Washington, D.C., recording “Face the Nation,'' which will air on June 1. President Carter later told reporters that the country's recession was worse than the president's. The administration thought that would happen. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoAfter President Carter handed over the presidency to Ronald Reagan on November 4, 1980, he held his wife Rosalynn Carter and daughter Amy on his shoulders as he responded to applause from supporters. Don Lipka/UPI PhotoPresident Reagan meets with former President Carter in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 13, 1981. Mr. Carter was also present and helped promote the sale of AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia. Larry Rubenstein/UPI PhotoMusician Ellis Marsalis (left) hugs former President Carter as Harry Connick Jr. and Rosalynn Carter look on in front of the Habitat for Humanity home in the Upper 9th Ward of New Orleans. The Carters were working on a construction project along the Gulf Coast that was damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Associated Press/Alex BrandonFormer President George H.W. Bush, President-elect Obama, President George W. Bush, former President Clinton, and former President Carter pose for a photo in the Oval Office of the White House on January 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. . This is the first such meeting between a sitting president, a president-elect, and a living former president since 1981. Roger L. Wallenberg/UPI PhotoFormer President Carter before testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 12, 2009. Greg NashFormer President Carter (right) pauses during a media conference at the ruins of the American International School, which was destroyed in the Israeli attack on Gaza, in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, on June 16, 2009. Hamas leaders, whom Mr. Carter said he was trying to persuade, to accept international conditions for an end to the boycott of Islamic extremists. Associated Press/Khalil HamraFormer President Carter (left) cuts trees while working on a house while his wife Rosalynn Carter looks on during a visit to a Habitat for Humanity project in Léogâne, Haiti, on November 7, 2011. The Carters will join volunteers from around the world to work with earthquake-affected families in Haiti to build 100 homes during a week-long Habitat for Humanity housing project. Associated Press/Ramon EspinosaFormer President Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter are seen before President Donald Trump's inauguration at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2017 in Washington, DC. Greg NashThe former president and vice president attend the state funeral of former President George H.W. Bush at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on December 5, 2018. Greg NashFormer President Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter pose for a photo with President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden at the Carter family home in Plains, Georgia, on April 30, 2021. This photo from the White House. Adam Schultz, White House, via AP
