Former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday at the age of 100.
Carter was born in 1924 in Plains, Georgia, the son of a nurse and a local businessman. He served as a Naval officer for seven years before returning to Georgia and taking over his family’s farm. He soon entered local politics. He was the governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 and served as president from 1977 to 1981.
“Jimmy Carter aspired to make Government ‘competent and compassionate,’ responsive to the American people and their...