Jimmy Carter’s melancholy fate was to be a largely derivative figure: He was a reaction against his elected predecessor and the precursor of his successor. Richard Nixon made Carter tempting ...

Beginning Monday, the Nixon Foundation invites the public to pay tribute to President Jimmy Carter by writing messages in a condolence book at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.

Sen. Robert Griffin, a staunch Michigan Republican whose withdrawal of support hastened Richard Nixon's resignation, greets President Jimmy Carter in Flint, Michigan.© Dennis Cook/AP ...

One day after former President Jimmy Carter's death, dozens visited the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda to sign a book of condolences for his family.

George McGovern took advantage of those changes to win a surprise nomination in 1972, but he lost the general election to Richard Nixon in a landslide.

Elected in 1976 in the aftermath of Watergate and Gerald Ford's controversial pardon of Richard Nixon, Carter believed he had a responsibility to restore Americans' faith in the integrity of their ...

Chris Mapes, from Iowa, signs a condolence book for former President Jimmy Carter in the lobby of the Richard Nixon Library & Museum in Yorba Linda, CA, on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (Photo by Jeff ...

Elected in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal that brought down President Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, the former governor of Georgia, ran as a Washington outsider and rose to the White House ...

Sen. Robert Griffin (left), a staunch Michigan Republican whose withdrawal of support hastened Richard Nixon's resignation, greets President Jimmy Carter in Flint, Michigan in 1978. | Dennis Cook/AP ...

Jimmy Carter's Presidency Was Cut Short by Crisis, but His Post-White House Life Made Him an Icon Carter left the White House with approval ratings worse than Richard Nixon. In the years that ...

Carter entered the campaign with a major advantage: Ford was still politically struggling from his controversial decision to pardon disgraced ex-president Richard Nixon after the Watergate scandal.

Crucial Quote In 1976, Carter ran as an outsider who campaigned on Americans’ frustrations with Nixon and his corruption.