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Jimmy
Carter - 39th President
Party: Democrat
Term: Jan 20, 1977 - Jan 20 1981
Age at Inauguration: 52
Life Span: October 1, 1924
Spouse: Rosalynn Smith - Age at Marriage:
21
Vice President: Walter Mondale |
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- Jimmy Carter was the only man to change
the part in his hair [from the right to the left] after he was
elected to office
- He became the only person to be sworn
in as president using his nickname, Jimmy
- Mr. Carter was also the first president
born in a hospital
- Carter caused quite a stir when he
said he had lusted many times in his heart after seeing pictures
of women such as those in Playboy magazine
- In accordance with his promise of
smaller government and less spending, the Carter's nixed the
idea of a formal inaugural ball after the swearing in ceremony,
and opted for a picnic lunch instead
- The First Lady wore a six-year-old
gown to the capitol ceremony
- He instituted the first live televised
phone-in broadcast from the White House in March 1977
- Carter began regular Saturday morning
radio addresses to the American public
- Runawy inflation and the Iranian hostage
crisis are credited with his resounding defeat for reelection
to Ronald Reagn in 1980
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