All 5 living presidents, lawmakers, in attendance at Jimmy Carter's funeral in Washington D.C.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th President of the United States, will be eulogized at a state funeral Thursday at the National Cathedral and later by private family services and interment in Plains, Georgia.
President-elect Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence shook hands at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday in their first public interaction in four years.
Pence was seen standing up to shake Trump’s hand as the former president arrived inside Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral for the funeral. After the two acknowledged each other and appeared to say a few words, Pence shook the hand of former First Lady Melania Trump.
Former Second Lady Karen Pence, who was seated next to her husband, did not stand up, shake Trump’s hand, nor did she appear to acknowledge him.
Pence briefly ran unsuccessfully for president against Trump in the 2024 presidential primary — dropping out in Oct. 2023 — and did not endorse Trump at any point leading up to the November election.
The two have publicly criticized each other over the past few years, including in 2023 when Trump called Pence "delusional" and the former vice president said last year he could not "in good conscience" endorse Trump.
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Jimmy Carter’s successor, President Ronald Reagan, was especially critical in the leadup to the election of Carter’s handling of the treaties that turned over the Panama Canal to Panama and the Iranian hostage crisis.
While Carter took on several foreign policy missions under the subsequent Bush and Clinton presidencies, he was largely sidelined by Reagan’s White House after the resounding 1980 election, where Reagan won 489 electoral votes to Carter’s 49.
But Reagan lavished praise on the former president at the 1986 dedication of the Carter presidential center.
“You gave of yourself to this country, gracing the White House with your passion and intellect and commitment.”
Carter had painted Reagan as an extremist who would sow racial divisions during the campaign, while Reagan lobbed attacks on the economy under Carter and “weakness” on the global stage.
Just before the election, Carter walked back some of his bitter remarks and said he would try to avoid “personal” attacks on Reagan.
"Mr. Reagan has made some comments about me that probably are ill-advised. I've made some about him that are ill-advised, and I'd like to get back on the track."
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Jimmy Carter frequently greeted each passenger on the airplanes he traveled on, Atlanta-based Delta Airlines reported following the 39th president’s passing.
"Every time Jimmy Carter flew Delta, he shook hands with each person on the plane. Because that's who he was. Someone who treated people as people," the post read, which included footage of Carter shaking the hands of passengers on a flight.
"Today we celebrate his life - a great friend, family man, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader who showed us all how to properly treat those around us," Delta's post added.
Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002 for his efforts to find peaceful solutions when dealing with international conflicts, brokering peace between Israel and Egypt and humanitarian work.
Fox News' Ashley J. DiMella contributed to this report.
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The death of former President Jimmy Carter touched off an outpouring of sympathy from across the political aisle, as lawmakers paid tribute to his decades of humanitarian work and public service— the bulk of which took place after he left the White House.
Carter, who was the first president to make a state visit to sub-Saharan Africa, formed the Carter Center foundation with his wife after leaving office in 1982.The center helped oversee election initiatives in dozens of nations, build houses around the world, and spearhead a global effort to nearly eradicate Guinea worm disease— or a painful, ancient parasite that spread through drinking water to spawn into parasites as long as three feet. Guinea worm disease had sickened some 3.5 million people across African and Asian countries when the Carter Center launched its eradication mission.
As of 2023, just 14 human cases were reported worldwide.
Carter himself continued to conduct important diplomatic work after leaving office, overseeing human rights initiatives and negotiations in Haiti, Ethiopia, and North Korea, where he helped ease nuclear tensions and secure a deal on arms reduction in exchange for foreign aid.
His work in advancing democracy and human rights earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed reporting.
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One of President Jimmy Carter's defining moments in office was serving as the president who managed to broker the first peace agreement in the Middle East, successfully ushering in peace between Israel and Egypt after 30 years of war.
With the Camp David Accords of 1978, Carter was able to stand out from his predecessors by notching a success in an area where they had failed.
The feat became particularly notable amid a presidency known for various economic and foreign affairs shortcomings, including the Iranian hostage crisis.
According to Martin Indyk, the Lowy Distinguished Fellow in U.S.-Middle East Diplomacy at the Council on Foreign Relations, "Arab-Israeli peace has always been the kind of Holy Grail for American diplomacy."
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The late President Jimmy Carter paid close attention to the election cycle while in hospice care and grieving the loss of his wife, Rosalynn Carter, their son revealed in an interview over the summer.
"He does not believe Donald Trump should be president again," James Earl "Chip" Carter III, the second child of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, told the Washington Post in early September.
The 39th president watched the speakers of the DNC in August, who gathered in Chicago in support of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s presidential campaign.
Carter’s son said the former president believed Harris’ speech was "great," but noted another speaker stole the show.
"He thought Michelle Obama was the best, and he thought Kamala was great, too," Chip Carter said.
President-elect Trump and future First Lady Melania Trump paid their respects to former President Jimmy Carter at his funeral in Woodley Park, D.C. on Thursday, where he and one of his most prominent political foes appeared to put politics aside.
Seated at the end of the second row of presidential and vice-presidential families, Trump and former President Barack Obama shared several minutes of chatting and chuckling as the rest filed in.
Dressed in a dark suit and more subtle blue tie, versus his trademark red ‘Trump tie', Trump filed in a little before 10 a.m. ET.
As he entered his row, former Vice President Al Gore smiled and quickly stood up and was the first to greet him.
Gore, a Tennessee Democrat, did not have a significant other with him at the ceremony. He has been separated from former First Lady Tipper Gore since 2010.
Also notably absent were former Vice President Dick Cheney and former First Lady Lynne Cheney. Trump has notably clashed with his fellow Republican leader, and Cheney notably called him a "coward" during his daughter ex-Rep. Liz Cheney's doomed 2022 reelection bid in Wyoming.
As Trump entered his row, he shared a brief moment with his onetime ally and running-mate, former Vice President Mike Pence. The two men's relationship soured following the Capitol Riot on January 6, 2021, when supporters of Trump threatened to hang the Indiana Republican.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's funera l came to end just after noon on Thursday morning following a series of eulogies remembering the 39th president.
Carter's funeral at the National Cathedral will be followed by a private ceremony and burial in Plains, Georgia, later Thursday afternoon.
The late former president will be buried by a willow tree at the home he shared with his late wife, Rosalynn Carter.
Carter passed away on Dec. 29, 2024 at 100 years of age. Ahead of the public funeral on Thursday morning, Carter had been lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday.
Mourners gathered outside the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. spoke to Fox News Digital about how they will remember former President Jimmy Carter.
Carter's funeral began on Thursday after his lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday.
The 39th president died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100 after he was admitted to hospice care in 2023.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's ambassador to the UN, Rev. Andrew Young, delivered the homily during the 39th president's funeral Thursday.
"And I don't mean this with any disrespect, but it's still hard for me to understand how you could get to be president from Plains, Georgia," Young joked during his homily, referring to Carter's humble beginnings in the deep south.
"James Earl Carter was truly a child of God, not only a good farmer, but a nuclear physicist chosen by Admiral Rickover to assist him in developing a new nuclear Navy. But at the same time he was working on a nuclear Navy, he was thinking of peace on Earth and goodwill toward all men, and especially women and children," Young said during his homily.
"I've known President Carter for more than half of my life, and I never cease to be surprised. I never cease to be enlightened that he shared with us every day of his life. It was President James Earl Carver that, for me, symbolized the greatness of the United States of America, and I am truly grateful for him, because in spite of the harshness of the depression and the explosions of inflation. He never wavered for his from his commitment to God Almighty and his love of all of God's children," Young continued.
Young, a civil rights leader, served as Carter's ambassador to the UN during his administration.
US President Joe Biden delivers the eulogy at the State Funeral Service for former US President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, on January 9, 2025. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
President Biden paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday, describing him as a man of character.
"Jimmy Carter's friendship taught me and through his life taught me the strength of character is more than title or the power we hold. It's the strength to understand that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect," Biden said.
Biden talked about his endorsement for Carter, saying he believed he was the first senator outside of Georgia to endorse his candidacy for president.
"To make every minute of our time here on earth count, that's the definition of a good life, a life Jimmy Carter lived during his 100 years," Biden said. "To young people, to anyone in search of meaning and purpose, study the power of Jimmy Carter's example."
"I miss him, but I take solace in knowing that his beloved Rosalynn are reunited again. To the entire Carter family. Thank you, and I mean this sincerely for sharing them both with America and the world. We love you all," he said.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason Carter remembered his grandparent's humble lifestyle during the former president's funeral Thursday.
"They spent four years in the governor's mansion and four years at the white House," Jason Carter said of his grandparents.
"But the other 92 years, they spent at home in Plains, Georgia. And one of the best ways to demonstrate that they were regular folks is to take them by that home. First of all, it looks like they might have built it themselves. Second of all, my grandfather was likely to show up at the door in some '70s short shorts and Crocs. And then you'd walk in the house and it was like thousands of other grandparents house all across the South. Fishing trophies on the walls, the refrigerator, of course, was papered with pictures of grandchildren and then great grandchildren."
Jason Carter added that he knows "we are not here because he was just a regular guy."
"As you've heard from the other speakers, his political life and his presidency for me was not just ahead of its time. It was prophetic. He had the courage and strength to stick to his principles even when they were politically unpopular," the grandson continued.
United States Capitol Police have identified the man arrested Wednesday after allegedly trying to light a car on fire while President-elect Donald Trump was paying his respects to former President Jimmy Carter, who was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C.
Virginia man Adrian J. Hinton, 35, is the suspect, police announced on X Thursday morning.
He faces charges of unlawful activities after allegedly putting a flaming bag on top of a car near the Grant Memorial at around 5:30 p.m.
The bag burned out without igniting anything else, authorities said.
It was packed with accelerants and Hinton's vehicle had been spray-painted, according to Capitol Police.
Hinton's arrest was one of two threatening incidents at the Capitol Wednesday, when Trump, lawmakers and thousands of Americans lined up to pay their respects to Carter.
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Former Vice President Walter Mondale's son, Ted Mondale, eulogized late President Jimmy Carter on Thursday by reading his father's words on the former president.
"My father wrote this in 2015, and clearly he edited it a couple of times since then. But here we go," Ted Mondale said before reading his late father's words.
"Today we join in sadness to honor our dear friend, President Carter for his extraordinary years of principled and decent leadership and his courageous commitment to civil rights and human rights."
Walter Mondale served as Carter's vice president from 1977 to 1981. The former VP died in 2021 at the age of 93.
"I remember the emergence of Jimmy Carter on the national stage, in particular his 1971 inaugural address for the first time, a Georgia governor called for a commitment to the traditions of Martin Luther King Jr. And for the decency that his leadership stood for over his lifetime," the younger Mondale continued.
"I was surprised when then candidate Carter asked me to join in him as his running mate. In 1976. He amazed me then, as he has every year since. He, of course, was brilliant. He also had a great sense of humor, and while we had only four years in the white House, he achieved so much in that time. It stood as a marker for Americans dedicated to justice and decency," he said, repeating what his father wrote a decade ago.
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Former President Gerald Ford, who died in 2006, paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday through his son Steven -- having written a eulogy for Carter before his own passing.
Steven Ford read out his father's eulogy, which had been written at Carter's request as the two asked each other to deliver eulogies at each other's funeral.
"As you know, dad died in 2006, and President Carter's eulogy continues to bring, comfort, smile, laughter, joy, pride to our family, and thus, on behalf of my dad, it's an honor to share dad's eulogy to his old friend," Steven Ford said.
Ford, who was beaten by Carter in 1976, said that the two were rivals, "but for the many wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson."
Ford mentioned how they became friends in 1981.
"The two of us found ourselves together again, this time aboard Air Force One, bound for the funeral of the Great Peacemaker Anwar Sadat," Ford wrote. "There's a old line to the effect that two presidents in a room is one too many."
That line brought chuckles from the congregation, where there are five living presidents seated.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's grandson honored the life of his grandfather at the start of his funeral Thursday morning.
"Many of the people that my grandparents helped lived on less than $1 a day. My grandfather spent the entire time I've known him helping those in need. He built houses for people that needed homes. He eliminated diseases and forgotten places He waged peace anywhere in the world. Wherever he saw a chance. He loved people," Joshua Carter said.
"And whenever he told these stories in Sunday school, he always said he did it for one simple reason. He worshiped the Prince of Peace, and he commanded it," he continued.
Carter's funeral is being held at the National Cathedral, and began shortly after 10 am.
Former US President Barack Obama, left, and US President-elect Donald Trump before the funeral service of late former US President Jimmy Carter at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
President-elect Donald Trump and former President Barack Obama were locked in intense conversation ahead of the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter on Thursday.
The two have feuded politically, but appeared to be at ease with one another, with the successive former presidents laughing and chatting at length before the service began.
They were surrounded by other former presidential figures including former President George W. Bush, former Vice President Mike Pence, former President Bill Clinton, former first lady and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Late President Jimmy Carter's funeral began Thursday morning as notable U.S. and world leaders gathered at the National Cathedral.
Carter was lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday. The 39th president died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100 after he was admitted to hospice care in 2023.
Those in attendance at the funeral include President-elect Trump, former Presidents Obama, Bush and Clinton, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Biden is expected to eulogize Carter.
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President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence were spotted shaking hands Thursday ahead of later President Jimmy Carter's funeral.
Pence served as Trump's vice president during his first presidency from 2017 to 2021. Trump was re-elected to the White House during the 2024 election cycle, with VP-elect JD Vance serving as his running mate.
Among those celebrating Carter's life during the funeral include, Sen. Dave McCormick, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, VP-elect JD Vance, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, first son Hunter Biden and former VP Al Gore.
President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and Trump are also expected to come together for the first time since the 2018 funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.
Late President Jimmy Carter's funeral began Thursday morning shortly after 10 a.m at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.
Carter's casket was seen being carried into the cathedral shortly after 10 a.m.
Carter was lying in state at the Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday, before his remains were brought to the cathedral for the funeral on Thursday.
Among those celebrating Carter's life during the funeral include, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Dave McCormick, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, VP-elect JD Vance, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, first son Hunter Biden and former VP Al Gore.President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and President-elect Trump are also expected to come together for the first time since the 2018 funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.
Biden is expected to deliver Carter's eulogy.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's funeral begins at 10 a.m., with notable politicians gathering at the National Cathedral.
Among those celebrating Carter's life during the funeral include, former Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Dave McCormick, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, VP-elect JD Vance, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, first son Hunter Biden and former VP Al Gore.
President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and President-elect Trump are also expected to come together for the first time since the 2018 funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.
Supporters and friends of the late President Carter will attend his funeral Thursday at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral.
The service, scheduled to begin at 10 a.m., comes as President Biden declared Thursday a National Day of Mourning for the 38th president, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.
The so-called presidents’ club — the five living men who once occupied the White House — will all gather for the event. President Biden and former presidents Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and President-elect Trump will come together for the first time since the 2018 funeral of former President George H.W. Bush.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., are also expected to attend, along with their Democratic counterparts, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's remains arrived to the National Cathedral on Thursday morning, where the 39th president's funeral will be held.
Carter's remains departed the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning. Carter had been lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday as part of his funeral services.
The former president's funeral is expected to begin at 10 a.m.
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Late President Jimmy Carter's remains departed the U.S. Capitol on Thursday morning ahead of his funeral.
Carter's remains left the U.S. Capitol just after 9 a.m. on Thursday, heading to the National Cathedral. His funeral is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
Carter was lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda since Tuesday. The 39th president died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100 after he was admitted to hospice care in 2023.
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In 1928 the Carter family moved into a modest farmhouse nine miles from Plains, Georgia. Along with his three siblings – Gloria, Ruth and Billy – the future president spent his childhood in this modest home, which did not have electricity or running water and was heated by fireplaces and wood stoves.
Here Carter experienced many of his most cherished memories, swimming and fishing in nearby creeks and listening to the radio with his family during nights.
Much of the food Carter’s family ate came from the fields, garden, pasture, and yard on the 350-acre farm. The family even used the home’s wood cookstove to can and sell goods to other families in the area in their Carter family country store.
In his small bedroom, Carter kept postcards, letters, and souvenirs from his uncle Tom Gordy, who was in the Navy, helping to inspire him to eventually launch a naval career of his own.
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Former President Jimmy Carter played a key role in diversifying the federal judiciary during his time in the White House. He installed a total of 262 federal judges as president— more than any other single-term president in U.S. history— including record numbers of minority and female jurists.
As president, Carter established the Circuit Court Nominating Commissions, which he tasked with identifying judicial candidates that better reflected the populations they represented. These judges helped diversify the judiciary, and importantly, to shape the hundreds of court opinions handed down at the district and appellate level.
Though Carter did not appoint any Supreme Court justices — he later revealed that had there been a vacancy, he would have nominated a woman — he did name two appellate judges who would go on to be placed on the high court by his next Democratic successor.
Those judges, Stephen Breyer and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, were tapped by former president Bill Clinton to serve lifetime nominations on the high court.
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Just 12 former presidents have had their remains lied in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, the use of which is governed by concurrent action by the House and Senate. The practice has become more popular in the 21st century, however, as it allows mourners to publicly pay tribute to former presidents.
The first president accorded the honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda was President Abraham Lincoln, who died from an assassin’s bullet in 1865. The next president who received this tribute was James Garfield, who died of injuries inflicted by an assassin in 1881.
State funerals in the 20th century became more commonplace for U.S. presidents, with William McKinley, Warren Harding, and John F. Kennedy all among the presidents that were honored by a public viewing period in the Capitol Rotunda, with Kennedy’s viewing attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors.
All of those presidents died in office, but a number of ex-presidents have also been honored by lying in state: Herbert Hoover, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Gerald Ford, and most recently, George H.W. Bush, who died in November 2018.
Since 1865, nearly all services held in the Capitol Rotunda have used the catafalque that was constructed and used to hold up President Lincoln casket, according to the Architect of the Capitol.
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President Jimmy Carter, who died last week at the age of 100, was married to First Lady Rosalynn Carter for almost 80 years before she died in 2023.
Carter’s recounting of the day they met involved a date with a Georgia pageant queen that fell through causing him to drive around his small town of Plains, Georgia before he ultimately spotted Rosalynn Smith on the steps of a local Methodist Church. Carter asked Smith to a movie and after their first date he is said to have told his mother, “She's the one I'm going to marry.”
The Carters were married for more than 77 years, forging what they both described as a “full partnership.” Unlike many previous first ladies, Rosalynn sat in on Cabinet meetings, spoke out on controversial issues and represented her husband on foreign trips. Aides to President Carter sometimes referred to her — privately — as “co-president.”
Fiercely loyal and compassionate as well as politically astute, Rosalynn Carter prided herself on being an activist first lady, and no one doubted her behind-the-scenes influence. When her role in a highly publicized Cabinet shakeup became known, she was forced to declare publicly, “I am not running the government.”
Many presidential aides insisted that her political instincts were better than her husband’s — they often enlisted her support for a project before they discussed it with the president. Her iron will, contrasted with her outwardly shy demeanor and a soft Southern accent, inspired Washington reporters to call her “the Steel Magnolia.”
"Rosalynn was my equal partner in everything I ever accomplished," President Carter said at the time of his wife’s death. "She gave me wise guidance and encouragement when I needed it. As long as Rosalynn was in the world, I always knew somebody loved and supported me."
Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Former President Jimmy Carter had a somewhat strained relationship with fellow members of the presidential fraternity of both parties during his long ex-presidency.
Carter had a difficult relationship with the multiple sitting presidents that followed his administration, including one incident with former President Bill Clinton when he celebrated a diplomatic achievement in Haiti on CNN before meeting with Clinton first to share the news. That reportedly culminated in a shouting match behind closed doors between the two southern Democrats.
Carter also vocally opposed both the 1991 Gulf War and the 2022 Iraq War, putting him at odds with both Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, respectively.
Still, Carter reserved the deepest dislike for his immediate White House successor, Ronald Reagan. Carter acknowledged had a “strained” relationship with the 40th president, whom he reportedly considered dull and dangerous, and requested there be no White House ceremony for his official presidential portrait as to avoid attending the event with Reagan in office.
Fox News' Jeffrey Clark contributed reporting.
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Former President Jimmy Carter will be buried next to his wife on the property of their family home in Georgia.
Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away on Dec. 29, 2024 at 100 years of age. The late former president will be buried by a willow tree at the home he kept with his late wife, Rosalynn Carter.
It was the Carter's longheld plan to be buried together at their home, and Rosalynn was buried at the site after her death in November 2023. “They built their house in the 1960s, and they almost haven’t changed a thing. They were super excited — legitimately excited — when the Dollar General store opened in Plains. They buy their clothes there," Carter's grandson, Jason, told Rolling Stone magazine in 2015.
The memorial will start Thursday morning in Washington D.C. Following celebrations of life in the nation's capitol, the Carter family will travel back to the former president's home state of Georgia.
A private service will be held at the Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains, Georgia , before Carter is set to be buried next to his wife.
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President Joe Biden issued an executive order following the death of President Jimmy Carter, which called on federal agencies to shut down “as a mark of respect” for the 39th president. The day of mourning will occur the same day of Carter’s funeral at Washington National Cathedral after lying in state at the U.S. Capitol rotunda for three days.
National days of mourning have occurred in the past, with the last coming in 2018 following the death of George H.W. Bush.
The history of these days dates all the way back to Abraham Lincoln, whose assassination resulted in a day of “humiliation and mourning” that shut the government down on June 1, 1865. Other presidents who died in office following Lincoln have also been honored with a day of mourning, including James Garfield, William McKinley, Warren G. Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Dwight Eisenhower, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford.
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The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the Nasdaq announced last week that they will participate in the national day of mourning for the late President Jimmy Carter on Jan. 9 by closing their markets.
"Jimmy Carter, with humble roots as a farmer and family man, devoted his life to public service and defending our freedom. During his noteworthy post-presidential life, President Carter left an enduring legacy of humanitarianism," NYSE Group President Lynn Martin said in a statement. "The NYSE will respectfully honor President Carter’s lifetime of service to our nation by closing our markets on the National Day of Mourning."
"We mourn the loss of President Carter and will be closing our U.S. markets during the National Day of Mourning to celebrate his life and honor his legacy," Nasdaq President Tal Cohen said. "On behalf of Nasdaq, we extend our deepest condolences to the Carter Family."
President Biden announced the day of mourning for Carter, who will have a state funeral on Thursday, and instructed public buildings and the military to lower their flags to half-staff for 30 days.
It continues a tradition of closing the NYSE to honor deceased presidents, and records show it first began on April 15, 1865 following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
The Associated Press and FOX Business’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.
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Following the death of former President Jimmy Carter at 100, tributes poured in from all five living U.S. presidents, honoring his extraordinary life and legacy.
Carter, a Georgia peanut farmer turned governor and president, said he came to Washington to bring "competent and compassionate" government to the White House. His post-presidency work further cemented his legacy as a humanitarian and advocate for peace.
Former President Bill Clinton recalled meeting Carter in 1975 as an early supporter of his campaign. "Guided by his faith, President Carter lived to serve others – until the very end," Clinton said. He praised Carter’s record on civil rights, environmental protections, and global peace efforts such as the Camp David Accords.
George W. Bush remembered Carter as a man of "deeply held convictions" who was devoted to his family, community, and country and whose charitable work will “set an example of service that will inspire Americans for generations," Bush said.
Barack Obama highlighted Carter’s integrity and quoted from his Nobel Peace Prize speech: "We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace." Obama added, "He didn’t just profess these values—he embodied them."
Former and now President-elect Trump posted on Truth Social that while he “disagreed with [Carter] philosophically and politically, I also realized that he truly loved and respected our Country, and all it stands for. He worked hard to make America a better place, and for that I give him my highest respect.”
President Joe Biden described Carter as a man of "character, courage, hope, and optimism," noting that Carter and his late wife, Rosalynn, represented the "definition of partnership and patriotism."
Fox News' Greg Wehner contributed to this report.
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President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday to close all executive departments and federal agencies on Jan. 9 as a "mark of respect" for the late 39th president.
Carter’s funeral will take place at Washington National Cathedral, with additional tributes planned, including his lying in state at the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., according to statements from the White House and the Carter Center.
Biden also issued a proclamation declaring January 9 a National Day of Mourning and ordered all American flags to fly at half-staff for 30 days. In his statement, Biden urged Americans to honor Carter’s legacy.
"I call on the American people to assemble on that day in their respective places of worship, there to pay homage to the memory of President James Earl Carter, Jr.," Biden wrote. "I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in this solemn observance."
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