The coalition collapse that doomed Biden follows a grim precedent set by another Democratic leader: Jimmy Carter.

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 ...

Let’s imagine that Franklin D. Roosevelt had possessed the same gift for longevity as Jimmy Carter and lived until he was 100. He would have died in1982, in Ronald Reagan’s second year in office.

Historian Douglas Brinkley said Carter "raised the bar" on what was expected of presidents after leaving the White House and ...

At first, Jimmy Carter was a political wizard. But he couldn’t keep the magic act going.

Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. president to ... At that time, former President Franklin D. Roosevelt was at the beginning of his first term. Had Coolidge lived as long as Carter, he would have ...

New Orleans rapper Lil’ Wayne — born Dwayne Carter — incorporates clips from Jimmy Carter’s inauguration speech into his 2011 song, “President Carter .” Even Jimmy Carter Boulevard, the Gwinnett ...

By Peter Baker While new books on presidents like Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan pop up regularly on bookstore shelves, Jimmy Carter for a long time generated little ...

John Harris is founding editor and global editor-in-chief of POLITICO. His Altitude column offers a regular perspective on politics in a moment of radical disruption. Let’s imagine that Franklin D.