Ruler · 1924 – 2024

Jimmy Carter

Lived 1924 – 2024; statesperson, engineer, politician, diplomat. President of the United States (United States), 1977 – 1981.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1924 – 2024; 100 years
In office: 4 years; one reign
Lines: 1; United States
Left it: lost an election; the ruler's own article

President of the United States

United States · the 40th of 48 dated reigns · 1789 – 2025

36 before

Lyndon B. Johnson1963 – 1969

Richard Nixon1969 – 1974

Gerald Ford1974 – 1977

Jimmy Carter1977 – 1981

Ronald Reagan1981 – 1989

George H. W. Bush1989 – 1993

Bill Clinton1993 – 2001

5 after

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1977 – 1981 · 4 years · came to it aged 53

Came to it: elected
Left it: lost an electionread from the ruler's own article

Carter won the runoff election and won the general election against Republican nominee Hal Suit.

Carter sought reelection in 1980, defeating a primary challenge by Senator Ted Kennedy, but lost the election to Republican nominee Ronald Reagan in a landslide.

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