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 ...

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

Steve Ford By fate of a brief season, Jimmy Carter and I were rivals. But for the many wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Jimmy Carter's long life brings into sharp ... including the nation's second president, John Adams, who died July 4, 1826 – the same day as Thomas Jefferson, who was seven years his junior.

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 ...

The late president celebrated the impact and influence of the song, which decries war, nationalism, and the excesses of ...

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 ...

Other performances came from the Cathedral Choir (“The Road Home”), Phyllis Adams and Lilia Boden (“Amazing ... “Garth Brooks & Trisha Yearwood singing John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ at the Jimmy Carter ...

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 ...