{"id":2388467,"date":"2025-01-09T17:01:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-carter-was-alive-for-40-of-us-history-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T17:01:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T22:01:27","slug":"jimmy-carter-was-alive-for-40-of-us-history-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-carter-was-alive-for-40-of-us-history-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Carter was alive for 40% of US history &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fjimmy-carter-was-alive-for-40-of-us-history-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=2388467&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>The article \u2062discusses Jimmy \u200dCarter, highlighting that\u200d he is the first U.S. president\u2064 to reach \u2062the age of 100. This milestone is notably remarkable given that\u2062 he has lived for 40% of\u2062 the \u200bnation&#8217;s history.\u2063 The \u2062piece\u2064 notes \u2063that Carter was born in 1924, a time when\u200b calvin Coolidge was nearing the\u2062 conclusion of his first presidential term. The content emphasizes Carter&#8217;s longevity and its significance in\u200c the \u2062context of american history.  <\/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\">Jimmy Carter was alive for 40% of US history<\/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_1931304\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jimmy-carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Jimmy Carter<\/a> was the first U.S. president to live to be 100 years old &mdash; a feat made even more incredible by the fact that he was alive for 40% of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-states\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">nation&rsquo;s history<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>When Carter was born in 1924, former President Calvin Coolidge was nearing the end of his first term and was just a month away from his second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/are-covid-case-surges-more-fake-news\/\" title=\"Are COVID Case Surges More Fake News?\">presidential election<\/a>. Coolidge died at age 60 in 1933 when Carter was 9 years old and living in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/georgia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Plains, Georgia<\/a>, at the height of the Great Depression. At that time, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was at the beginning of his first term.<\/p>\n<p>Had Coolidge lived as long as Carter, he would have been just four years short of seeing Carter elected president. If Roosevelt had lived to be 100 years old, instead of dying during his third presidential term at age 63, he would have lived through Carter&rsquo;s presidency, and former President Ronald Reagan would have eulogized him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Carter&rsquo;s death shows how young of a nation the United States truly is. Carter lived through the Great Depression, World War I, World War II, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, the Cold War, the AIDS epidemic, the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the rise of social media, and most recently, the 2024 presidential election, in which President-elect Donald Trump, 78, was elected to a second, nonconsecutive term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, President Joe Biden, 82, the oldest acting president,&nbsp;eulogized Carter during his state funeral. Biden and Carter&rsquo;s relationship stems back more than 50 years when Biden was a senator in his early 30s, and Carter was a Democratic presidential candidate. Biden was the first sitting senator to endorse Carter&rsquo;s 1976 presidential run.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">President Jimmy Carter listens to Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE) as they wait to speak at a fundraising reception at Padua Academy in Wilmington, Delaware, Feb. 20, 1978. Historians and political advisers say history will be kinder to Biden than voters have been. Biden dropped out of the presidential race Sunday, July 21, 2024, clearing the way for a new Democratic nominee. (AP Photo\/Barry Thumma, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Like Carter, Biden will be a one<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sunny-hostin-trump-made-the-republican-party-morally-bankrupt\/\" title=\"Sunny Hostin: Trump Made The Republican Party \u2018Morally Bankrupt\u2019\">-term president<\/a>, and both men faced similar challenges during their times in the Oval Office. During Carter&rsquo;s presidency, the Iranian Revolution broke out, and more than 50 Americans were held hostage for a year. During Biden&rsquo;s presidency, Russia invaded Ukraine, and Hamas attacked Israel, taking 251 Israeli and some American citizens hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. To this day, hostages remain in Hamas&rsquo;s hands.<\/p>\n<p>Carter is widely considered by historians as<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/3280229\/low-point-jimmy-carter-awful-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"> a weak president<\/a> but a good man.&nbsp;He was married to his wife, Rosalyn Carter, for 77 years, the longest presidential marriage in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-x-image-does-not-show-israeli-settlers-trying-to-tear-palestinian-child-apart\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral X Image Does Not Show Israeli Settlers Trying To Tear Palestinian Child Apart\">country&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When I endorsed him for president &hellip; it was not only his policies but his character,&rdquo; Biden said after Jimmy Carter&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>The state funeral took place just 11 days before Trump&rsquo;s inauguration. 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