Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams ...

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 ...

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

As we learned of President Jimmy Carter’s passing, it is a good time to revisit where the Georgian ranks among the U.S. presidents in terms of the best. Over the years, the actions of the former ...

Jimmy Carter's long life brings into sharp ... including the nation's second president, John Adams, who died July 4, 1826 – the same day as Thomas Jefferson, who was seven years his junior.

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ...

When news broke Sunday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had passed away at ... in the sense that the historical parallel is John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who, late in life, reconciled ...

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 ...

President Joe Biden issued a directive stating that U.S. flags will be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the day of Jimmy ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ((L) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) present a wreath during a ceremony honoring the late former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the ...