PLAINS, Ga. − From Dollar General to the local high school, Americans had words of admiration in Jimmy Carter's hometown for a local hero who became president and leader of the free world and ...

On January 12, 1971, Jimmy Carter became the 76th Governor of Georgia. WSB reporters first learned of Mr. Carter’s White House ambitions while at a meeting at the Governor’s Mansion in 1974.

Jimmy Carter was elected governor of Georgia in 1970 in his second campaign for the office. He had a successful term as a progressive Southern governor. (Jimmy Carter Library)

Drive into Plains, Georgia, from nearby Americus, and there is no doubt whose hometown you are entering. "Welcome to historic Plains Georgia, home of Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United ...

Jimmy Carter, the longest-lived president in U.S. history, turned 100 on October 1, and his home state of Georgia is gearing up to celebrate the occasion.

Jimmy Carter’s public goodbye started in Plains, Ga., where the 39th U.S. president’s life began more than 100 years ago.