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

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as ... presidents – that are willing – can aim for.” John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, was elected to Congress after ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jimmy Carter was celebrated Thursday for his ... friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.” Carter defeated Ford in 1976 but the ...

Bush and John Adams are the only others who have done so. Official White House portrait of President Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter's favorite president. Photo credit: Greta Kempton/White House.

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 ...