James Earl Carter Jr. by, Sarah S. and Johnathan C.

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James Earl Carter Jr. by, Sarah S. and
Johnathan C.

• Served in office from 1977-1981
• Years in office, 4 yrs.
• Vice president Walter F. Mondale

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Personal Information Family

• Born Oct. 1 ,1924
• Height 5 foot 10
• Wife Eleanor Rosalynn Smith
• Children Amy Lynn Carter, James Earl Carter the
  3rd, John William Carter, Donnel Jeffrey Carter
• First president born in a hospital
• Ancestry English, Scottish, Irish

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Accomplishments before being president

• He was a peanut farmer
• He was the first graduate of the U.S. Naval
  Academy to become president
• Served one term as Governor of Georgia

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Why He Is Important To Remember

• He established diplomatic ties with China
• In 1976 he won his partys nomination election
• He helped to write the Camp David accords a peace
  treaty between Egypt Israel

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FUN FACTS

• When Jimmy Carter became president , he had to
  make some serious changes in his lifestyle and
  his hairstyle. He started parting his hair on the
  left side instead of on the right side