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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

  • 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