On his first day in office, Carter issued an executive order pardoning more than 200,000 men who evaded the Vietnam draft.

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter issued ...

ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, ...

Jimmy Carter's 100 years of life were filled with memorable events. Here are some of the biggest ones from the 39th president ...

Jimmy Carter was the perfect candidate for 1976, columnist George Skelton writes, and he was an exceptional ex-president. In ...

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, will be honored Thursday with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital ...

At a pomp-filled state funeral, mourners paid tribute to Mr. Carter and argued that he was a more successful leader than many ...

When President Jimmy Carter was inaugurated in 1977, he wasted little time fulfilling one of his most controversial campaign promises: pardoning those who evaded the Vietnam War draft. Carter ...

Whatever ceremonial respect Jimmy Carter gets paid while he's lying in state, it's unlikely to change his historical reputation as a second-rater. The scholars who fill out the presidential rankings ...

Jimmy Carter, the longest living former president ... when the country was still reeling from battles over civil rights, Vietnam, inflation and Watergate. The defining moment of Carter’s presidency, ...

Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29, initially won over Ohioans with his values, but it wasn't enough to keep their trust.