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Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Cater, America’s thirty-ninth president, was born on October first 1924. He was born to James Earl and Lillian Carter in southwest Georgia. Surprisingly, he was the first president to be born in a hospital. He was the oldest of four children. He had a younger brother, Billy and two sisters: Gloria and Ruth. The Carters grew up on a farm in Plains Georgia where they farmed for peanuts. His dad was a successful farmer and Jimmy didn’t seem to mind helping out. Once he said, "As a child my greatest ambition was to be valuable around the farm and to please my father." He loved his father very much and had always wanted to please him. In his later years he even wrote a book “An Hour Before Daylight.” The book was a big seller and was mainly about his growing up and how he felt for his father. The farming had been a profitable business, helping them get through the great depression. Jimmy seemed to be living a simple life with only one problem, in the early to mid 1900’s segregation and racism was very prevalent. His father was a sworn segregationalist, however his mother was a caring person who did not believe in the practice. She always tried to set a good example and would be caring towards the black neighbors whenever possible.
Jimmy Carter attended classes at both the Georgia Southwestern College and the Georgia institute of technology. Carter was a good student and finished 59th in his class of 820. He was affectionate towards many of his teachers and was very caring. He even mentioned one of his high school teachers in his inaugural address. With his father’s help and a lot of hard work Jimmy was appointed to the Naval academy in 1943. At the time America was in the Second World War. Jimmy was very busy training and was a good student at the naval academy. He was known to be a very disciplined and serious officer. Some of his shipmates described him as helpful and friendly but knew him to be very serious and not one to play...