{"id":2347844,"date":"2024-10-01T03:39:03","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T07:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-fascinating-facts-about-jimmy-carter-as-he-turns-100-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T05:27:54","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T09:27:54","slug":"five-fascinating-facts-about-jimmy-carter-as-he-turns-100-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-fascinating-facts-about-jimmy-carter-as-he-turns-100-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Five fascinating facts about Jimmy Carter as he turns 100 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffive-fascinating-facts-about-jimmy-carter-as-he-turns-100-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2347844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former President Jimmy Carter recently celebrated his 100th birthday, making history as the \u2064first U.S. president to reach this milestone. Born on October\u200d 1, 1924, in\u2063 Plains, Georgia, Carter was the first president born in a hospital. He \u2062adopted the\u2063 nickname &#8220;Jimmy,&#8221; which he preferred \u200dto his full name, James Earl Carter, becoming the\u2064 first \u2064president to use\u200b a nickname officially during his presidency. <\/p>\n<p>Carter&#8217;s\u2064 presidency (1977-1981) \u200bwas\u200c noted for significant events, including environmental \u200dreforms and the introduction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-department-starts-crackdown-on-dishwashers\/\" title=\"Biden&#039;s Energy Department cracks down on dishwashers.\">energy conservation measures<\/a>. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/get-woke-go-broke-amazon-installed-solar-panels-in-an-attempt-to-go-net-zero-they-kept-catching-fire-and-were-turned-off\/\" title=\"Get Woke, Go Broke: Amazon Installed Solar Panels In An Attempt To Go Net Zero. They Kept Catching Fire And Were Turned Off.\">installed solar panels<\/a>\u200b on the White House, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/freedom-caucus-chairman-scott-perry-accuses-pete-buttigieg-of-trying-to-kill-auto-industry\/\" title=\"Scott Perry, Chairman of the Freedom Caucus, accuses Pete Buttigieg of seeking to &#039;destroy&#039; auto industry.\">promoting clean \u200denergy<\/a>. \u2064His brother, Billy Carter, who \u2063ran\u2063 a gas station and famously marketed &#8220;Billy Beer,&#8221;\u2062 contributed to the\u200b media narrative during that era. \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>The article highlights intriguing aspects of Carter&#8217;s\u200d life, such as his childhood, his contributions to\u2063 environmental \u200dpolicy,\u200c and his family&#8217;s history, culminating in his\u200b legacy as a progressive leader focused on sustainability and human rights. As he \u2063now remains in hospice care in his hometown, Americans reflect on the \u200bremarkable century of experiences that shaped his life and presidency.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Five fascinating facts about Jimmy Carter as he turns 100&nbsp;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1490940\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jimmy Carter<\/a> became the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"president\">president<\/a> to celebrate his 100th birthday on Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When Carter was born, a loaf of bread <a href=\"https:\/\/babel.hathitrust.org\/cgi\/pt?id=coo.31924013861962&amp;seq=87\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>cost<\/a> 8 cents and the sale of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alcohol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"alcohol\">alcohol<\/a> was illegal under Prohibition. In 1977, he entered the Oval Office, the same year Elvis Presley died and the minimum wage was $2.30. Now he remains in hospice care in the same small town where he was born exactly a century ago.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more fascinating facts about the country&rsquo;s 39th president from the<em> Washington Examiner<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Birth<\/h2>\n<p>Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital, even though his rural hometown had fewer than 500 inhabitants. On Oct. 1, 1924, he was ushered into the world at the Wise Sanitarium, where his mother worked as a registered nurse. Three years after Carter&rsquo;s birth, Lillian Carter helped deliver his future wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Billy Carter (left), Lillian Carter, and Jimmy Carter enjoy a family joke prior to the president&rsquo;s departure from Plains, Georgia, on May 31, 1977. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The rural southwest hospital in Plains, Georgia, was later renamed in Lillian Carter&rsquo;s honor. It continues to operate as the Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&ldquo;Jimmy&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>The 39th president was christened James Earl Carter. He was rarely called by his given name, however, preferring instead his famous nickname: &ldquo;Jimmy.&rdquo; Carter consequently became the first president to use a nickname while in the White House, even choosing to go by &ldquo;Jimmy&rdquo; as he took the oath of office on Jan. 20, 1977.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other presidents, such as Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), Theodore Roosevelt (TR), and Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ), were popularly known by their nicknames. However, Carter remains the only president to officially go by a nickname for all his presidential duties.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&ldquo;Billy Beer&rdquo;<\/h2>\n<p>Journalists covering Jimmy Carter often used a Plains gas station as their headquarters. But it wasn&rsquo;t just any gas station. Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s brother, Billy Carter, operated the business throughout the 1970s. Decades later, the Plains Better Hometown program turned the once-abandoned building into the Billy Carter Museum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An abandoned gas station once owned by Billy Carter, the brother of former President Jimmy Carter, is one of the historical sites in Plains, Georgia., pictured here on Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo\/Steve Helber)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before his death in 1988, Billy Carter also gained attention for promoting &ldquo;Billy Beer&rdquo; during his brother&rsquo;s presidency. He marketed alcohol for the Falls City Brewing Company before it folded in 1978. &ldquo;Brewed expressly for and with the personal approval of one of AMERICA&rsquo;s all-time Great Beer Drinkers &mdash; Billy Carter,&rdquo; an endorsement on the beer cans read.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Energy<\/h2>\n<p>Carter was one of the most environmentally progressive presidents to occupy the White House. He signed legislation protecting more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska shortly before he left office. He pushed for green tax credits for solar panels to heat water in homes. He established one of the signature federal agencies we now know as the Department of Energy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He even installed 32 solar panels on top of the White House shortly before he left office.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A generation from now, this solar heater can either be a curiosity, a museum piece, an example of a road not taken, or it can be a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the American people,&rdquo; he said. The solar panels were removed in 1986 for roof repairs and never reinstalled.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A new tradition<\/h2>\n<p>Carter launched one of the most popular traditions enjoyed by inauguration viewers each election cycle. After he took the oath of office in 1977, Carter became the first president to walk Pennsylvania Avenue as part of the inaugural parade. His predecessors had chosen to remain in their presidential limousines during the festivities. The small-town Georgia native decided to do things differently.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jimmy Carter (left, waving) and first lady Rosalynn Carter hold hands with their daughter Amy as they take part in the inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 1977. (AP Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Excerpts from his diary record that Carter wished to illustrate his &ldquo;confidence in &hellip; in the people of our country&rdquo; and &ldquo;a reduction in the imperial status of the president and his family&rdquo; by walking in the parade. To this day, people across the country tune in to watch newly inaugurated presidents take the historic mile-and-a-half lap from the Capitol to the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carter entered home hospice care in February 2023. He has defied the odds for roughly 19 months and has outlived his wife of 77 years, who died last November.<\/p>\n<p>The 39th president now has 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1490940\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1490940\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five intriguing facts about Jimmy Carter at 100<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3142,"featured_media":2347846,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jimmy-Carter-2015.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[41978,42060,35907,32076],"class_list":["post-2347844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-100th-birthday","tag-fascinating-facts","tag-jimmy-carter","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Jimmy-Carter-2015.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2347844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2347844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2347846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2347844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2347844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2347844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}