CASPER, Wyo. — Former President Jimmy Carter, who lived longer than any other United States president, died Sunday at the age of 100.
Carter, the 39th POTUS and winner of a Nobel Peace Prize, served as the leader of the executive branch from 1977 to 1981. Prior to becoming president, Carter served in the U.S. Navy and held office as a Georgia state senator and Georgia’s governor.
As a politician, Carter was known for supporting several civil rights causes. He also oversaw the landmark Camp David peace accords between Israel and Egypt, transferred the Panama Canal to Panamanian ownership, expanded public lands in Alaska and opened diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China.
After leaving the White House, Carter then became a prominent humanitarian and philanthropist, and received his Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for work done through the Carter Center, which he founded in 1982.
Carter passed away in his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
