A hostage crisis in Iran, unrelenting inflation and a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy ensured Carter’s defeat in the 1980 election.

James Earl Carter was born Oct. 1, 1924 at the Wise Sanitarium in Plains, Georgia (the first President to be born in a hospital). His father ran a modest peanut farm nearby and his mother spent time as a nurse tending to patients of the small wood frame medical office where she gave birth to him.

The late 39th President of the United States had deep connections to musicians like Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman Brothers. Kevin E G Perry looks back at how rock and roll shaped Jimmy Carte

When he began his presidential bid, Jimmy Carter vowed that he “would not tell a lie.” But historians say his honesty made it harder to get things done and stay in office.

The public was able to pay its respects to Jimmy Carter at the Carter Presidential Center in Georgia. He will lay in repose there until Tuesday.