June 7, 2016

Born and raised in Georgia, Jimmy Carter was an officer in the Navy, a peanut farmer, and the 39th President of the United States. Carter’s parents owned a peanut farm and warehouse outside the small town of Plains, Georgia. After the death of his father in 1953, Jimmy Carter resigned his naval commission, forgoing a promising military career, and returned to Plains to help his family. He spent the next several years reviving the family-owned peanut warehouse business, farming, and assuming the responsibilities previously exercised by his father. Carter resuscitated the family farm and became active in community politics. Carter would go on to become the 39th President of the United States.