Jimmy Carter and the man he beat for president, Gerald Ford, got so tight after office that their friendship became a kind of buddy movie, complete with road trips that were never long enough because they had so much to gab about.

Former President Jimmy Carter may have only served one term as governor, but he left his mark in many ways before leaving for Washington, even literally. With a pencil, Carter signed the desk in the governor’s ceremonial office,

Carter signed the law that established the federal Department of Education and maintained a strong presence in schooling well into his 90s.

Jimmy Carter's extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with a motorcade through his hometown of Plains, ahead of his state funeral in Washington. The Morning Joe panel discusses.

P resident Jimmy Carter was a prescient president. Our first great champion of human rights in the White House, President Carter under