Photos: Jimmy Carter through the years

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Jimmy Carter's life in photos. See memorable moments from his life and career. from his family and home in Plains, as governor of Georgia, as president, at the Carter Center and his Nobel Prize.

Former President Jimmy Carter, the Georgia native who is the longest living president in U.S. history, has entered hospice care, according to the Carter Center on Saturday. Here are some memorable moments from his life and career. Here, Carter gives 11-month-old Maggie Shoulta a hug as she enjoys a cup of homemade ice cream during his birthday party at Maxine Reese Park on Sept. 28, 2014, in Plains, Georgia.

Jimmy Carter is pictured at 6 months old with his mother, Lillian, in Plains, Georgia, in March 1925. When he was born on Oct. 1, 1924, he became the first American president to be born in a hospital. Lillian Carter died in 1983.

Jimmy Carter, center right, was one of 11 new Georgia state senators sworn into office on Jan. 15, 1963, in this photograph taken by the Columbus Enquirer newspaper and distributed through the Associated Press. To the right of Carter in the photograph is Culver Kidd Jr., who, when he died in 1995, had served nearly half a century in the General Assembly and was one of Georgia's most prominent lawmakers; Carter, as president, would be called to testify against Kidd in 1978 when the senator faced federal charges of conspiracy. Carter would say in later years that he was elected to the Senate in 1962 due to the efforts of Atlanta Journal investigative reporter John Pennington, who uncovered voter fraud in Quitman County that would have cost Carter the race.

Jimmy Carter takes the oath of office as Georgia's 76th governor from Justice Robert H. Jordan on Jan. 12, 1971, in Atlanta. The man Carter succeeded as the state's chief executive, Lester Maddox, appears in the photograph behind Jordan but his face is obscured. Maddox served as the state's lieutenant governor while Carter was governor, though the two men did not run on the same ticket and were often at distant ends of the spectrum on political issues of the day. Maddox died in 2003; Jordan died in 1992.

The Girl Scouts celebrate their 60th birthday with then-Georgia Gov. Jimmy Carter in 1972. Mrs. L. Powell Gahagan, president of the Girl Scout Council of Savannah, Georgia, where Girl Scouting started, wears a 1913 Girl Scout uniform. Gahagan has handed the future president a copy of the first Girl Scouting manual, titled "How Girls Can Help Their Country." With Carter and Gahagan are Girl Scouts Myrna Taylor (left) and Amy Stine (right).

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale, the Democratic ticket, wave to the jubilant crowd in Madison Square Garden during the Democratic National Convention. With them are their wives, Rosalynn and Joan.

President Gerald Ford emphasizes a point during his second debate with Jimmy Carter at San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts Theater.

Atlanta Journal front page of Nov. 3, 1976.

President-elect Jimmy Carter reviews transition papers Nov. 10, 1976, at his cottage at Musgrove on St. Simons Island.

Rosalyn Carter watches as Jimmy Carter shakes hands with Justice Warren Burger at the Jan. 20, 1977, presidential inauguration.

Rep. Carl Albert speaks alongside Jimmy and Amy Carter at the 1977 presidential inauguration. M. L. King Sr. stands over their shoulders.

In this Jan. 24, 1977, black-and-white file photo, President Carter is interviewed in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Jan. 24, 1977.

President Carter relaxes in a cardigan sweater in the library of the White House on Feb. 2, 1977, prior to his nationally televised "Fireside Chat" to the nation.

President Jimmy Carter joins Dizzy Gillespie and drummer Max Roach in singing a version of Gillespie's tune "Salt Peanuts" at the White House Jazz Concert on June 18, 1978, for the 25th anniversary of the Newport Jazz Festival.

President Jimmy Carter congratulates Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd after his performance on the fiddle at a Democratic National Committee gala on Sep. 2, 1979.

The president and first lady walk into the Maranatha Baptist Church, where they attended Sunday school, in Plains, Georgia, in 1980.

Hamilton Jordan (from left), Zbigniew Brezinski and President Jimmy Carter walking away from a patio following at meeting at the White House in 1980.

Back in Atlanta: The Carters arrive at Hartsfield Airport after a 16-day tour of China and Japan in 1981.

Former U.S. presidents Gerald Ford, left, and Jimmy Carter share a private moment during a symposium on "New Weapons Technologies and Soviet-American Relations" at the University of Michigan in this Nov. 14, 1984, photo in Dearborn, Mich.

Former President Jimmy Carter shares a smile with his grandson, James, just before the ground-breaking for a Japanese garden at the $26 million Carter Presidential Library now under construction east of downtown Atlanta.

Former presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter listen as Guillermo O'Donnell talks about democracy in South America in 1986.

Jimmy Carter gives a thumbs-up sign as he and Rosalynn give a tour of the Carter Center to Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

Former President Jimmy Carter poses for a portrait.

Former President Jimmy Carter waves to fans after finding a seat before the Atlanta Braves' home opener against the Milwaukee Brewers at Turner Field in Atlanta on April 13, 2012. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, would continue to attend occasional Braves games for several more years, and were sometimes caught on the stadium's "kiss-cam."

This AJC file photo shows Jimmy Carter at his surprise 90th birthday party in Plains. (CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM)

Jimmy Carter helps position an exterior wall while working on a Habitat for Humanity build in Memphis.(Ben Gray / bgray@ajc.com)

Carter answers questions from students during his annual town hall with Emory University in Atlanta.

President Jimmy Carter still teaches occasional Sunday school classes at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. CURTIS COMPTON / CCOMPTON@AJC.COM

Earthworks artist Stan Herd created this portrait of the Carters in Freedom Park several days after Rosalynn Carter's death in 2023. Jimmy Carter died on Dec. 29, 2024, only a few months after turning 100. (Ben Gray / Ben@BenGray.com)

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Former President Jimmy Carter, the Georgia native who is the longest living president in U.S. history, has entered hospice care, according to the Carter Center on Saturday. Here are some memorable moments from his life and career. Here, Carter gives 11-month-old Maggie Shoulta a hug as she enjoys a cup of homemade ice cream during his birthday party at Maxine Reese Park on Sept. 28, 2014, in Plains, Georgia.

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