Jimmy Carter redefined his legacy after his presidency. Other presidents, especially Hoover and Nixon, tried but failed to outrun or outwork their unhappy presidential legacies. Like John Quincy Adams ...

In an essay for PEOPLE, she explains how the journey led her to an inspiring encounter with President Carter Matt McClain ... and also John Adams. When Thomas Jefferson became president, he ...

As the 39th president is eulogized at Washington National Cathedral, Biden tells mourners his long-ago predecessor “taught me ...

Steve Ford By fate of a brief season, Jimmy Carter and I were rivals. But for the many wonderful years that followed, friendship bonded us as no two presidents since John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

Jimmy Carter's long life brings into sharp ... including the nation's second president, John Adams, who died July 4, 1826 – the same day as Thomas Jefferson, who was seven years his junior.

WASHINGTON – Jimmy Carter could have been tossed off as ... presidents – that are willing – can aim for.” John Quincy Adams, the sixth president, was elected to Congress after ...

When news broke Sunday that former U.S. President Jimmy Carter had passed away at ... in the sense that the historical parallel is John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who, late in life, reconciled ...

President Joe Biden issued a directive stating that U.S. flags will be flown at half-staff for 30 days from the day of Jimmy ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer ((L) and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R) present a wreath during a ceremony honoring the late former U.S. President Jimmy Carter in the Rotunda of the ...