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 ...

Among former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter was in a league of his ... Washington’s four immediate successors — John Adams, Jefferson, James Madison and James Monroe — all returned to farming.

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 ...

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.

Former President Jimmy Carter's close friends included the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson and the Allman brothers.

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

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 ...