Carter became the nation's 39th president in 1977, defeating President Gerald Ford in the election more than two ... plane at the desert staging area, killing eight servicemen.

Mr. Carter narrowly defeated Ford in the election. Some political observers said Ford might ... that all of us revere in this country," Mr. Carter stated at the event. The Bay Area Reporter ...

Here's a breakdown of documented times Carter was in the Tampa Bay area. In this ... ahead of the 1976 election. He went on to defeat then-President Gerald R. Ford, capitalizing on being a ...

Carter’s four-decade legacy in the social sector — work that he undertook with his wife, Rosalynn, who passed away in 2023 — sets him apart from other former presidents. After losing his bid for a ...

I would not deserve to be your president,” Carter repeated before narrowly beating Republican incumbent Gerald Ford, who had lost ... action lawsuit over two Bay Area congressmen’s Israeli ...

Carter defeated Ford in the 1976 presidential election. In the twilight of my dad ... of Jimmy to my son Steve. According to a map, it’s a long way between Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Plains ...

But under no circumstances did I ever think badly of Jimmy Carter as a person." The election was eyelash close. But, immediately afterward, the defeated Ford invited Carter to the White House.

Two years later, announcing the appointment of Griffin Bell as U.S. attorney general in the same mansion, the president-elect spied the local press in a roped-off area and came over to remind me ...

Their campaign was as bitter as any of the era and ended in one of the closest elections in modern times. And then, against all odds, against all political logic, Jimmy Carter and Gerald R.