Carter's presidency was marred by high inflation and economic turmoil. His appointment of Paul Volcker helped curb inflation, but also led to a recession. He faced a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy and lost in a landslide to Ronald Reagan in the general election.

In the last decade, particularly the last few years, a churn of work — biographies, documentaries, books — has been produced aimed at reevaluating the Carter presidency.

Stuart Eizenstat, a policy advisor to former President Jimmy Carter, discusses Carter's achievements and challenges during his presidency.

In recent years, President Jimmy Carter’s one-term presidency has been reevaluated, and a more balanced view of his time in office has emerged.

His appointment of Paul Volcker as Federal Reserve chairman proved crucial in eventually ... NYSE Group President Lynn Martin emphasized Carter’s service, stating, “Jimmy Carter, with humble roots as a farmer and family man, devoted his life to public ...

His postpresidential greatness is what will be remembered. But he was a shrewder politician than people realize.

Jimmy Carter is remembered for his life of public service, from the governor’s mansion to the White House to impacting millions of lives around the world

A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights.

"We will protect our environment," Carter said in 1979. "But when this nation critically needs a refinery or a pipeline, we will build it."

The life of James Earl Carter Jr., the 39th and longest-lived U.S. president, ended Sunday at the age of 100 where it began: Plains, the town of 600 that fueled his political rise, welcomed him after his fall and sustained him during 40 years of service that redefined what it means to be a former president.

Dignitaries, including Supreme Court justices and members of Congress, take part in lying-in-state ceremony at Capitol Rotunda