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Supporters and friends of President Jimmy Carter and five living U.S. presidents attended his funeral Thursday at Washington, D.C.’s National Cathedral.
WASHINGTON - The remains of President Jimmy Carter arrived at the U.S. Capitol for the final time on Tuesday afternoon for a service with members of Congress before the 39th president lies in state.
In October 1982, Carter attended the funeral of Bess Truman in Independence, Missouri. [181] [182] In March 1983, the Carters traveled throughout the Middle East. [183] In late 1983, Carter visited her ailing mother-in-law Lillian Carter at Americus-Sumter County Hospital, and was by her bedside when she died. [184]
Funeral services were held in Palm Desert, California, on July 12, 2011, with more than 800 people in attendance, including former president George W. Bush, then-first lady Michelle Obama, then-U.S secretary of state Hillary Clinton, herself a former first lady, former first ladies Rosalynn Carter, who gave a eulogy, [79] and Nancy Reagan. [114]
In 1996, Obama was elected to represent the 13th district in the Illinois Senate, a position he held until 2004, when he successfully ran for the U.S. Senate. In the 2008 presidential election , after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton , he was nominated by the Democratic Party for president.
Former U.S. presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama (under whom Biden served as vice president), along with respective former first ladies Hillary Clinton, Laura Bush, and Michelle Obama, attended. Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter could not attend due to their advanced age and inability ...
Carter and Reagan both lived post-presidency for more than 15 years. When Reagan died in 2004 due to his worsening Alzheimer's disease, Carter attended his funeral. [60] Carter was the oldest-lived former president, at 100 years of age, at the time of his death on December 29, 2024. [61] [62]
Jimmy Carter returned the Resolute desk to the Oval Office in 1977. [1] On the afternoon of his January 20 inauguration , Carter made his first visit as president to the Oval Office. He later said he "...sat down at the President's desk and looked it over.