When Jimmy Carter was elected president in 1976, he put his peanut farm into a blind trust. You’ve probably heard this before. It’s a surprisingly common bit of presidential trivia these days ...

Jimmy Carter. 1/25/17 9:11AM ... For Christ’s sake, you people made me get rid of my peanut farm before you let me be president. Advertisement. I grew up on that farm. When my father died, I moved back home and worked those fields with my own two hands to keep it afloat. It was a hard job, but it was so rewarding.

Jimmy Carter turned his peanut farm and warehouse over to a blind trust when he became president. Four years later, when he and Rosalynn returned to Plains, they were aghast to discover that because of mismanagement by the trustees—in part by lett...

When President Jimmy Carter left the White House in 1981, he was 56 years old and deep in debt. His peanut business, which sold certified seed peanuts and other farm supplies, was $1 million in ...

- Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter, 39th president of the United States and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, still makes his home in Plains, the small Georgia farm town where he was born. As he did during his presidency, he returns to his roots here for rejuvenation while continuing his work as humanitarian and peace seeker.

Attractions near Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm: (2.72 mi) Maranatha Baptist Church (2.38 mi) Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (2.42 mi) Plains High School (2.36 mi) Plain Peanuts Store; View all attractions near Jimmy Carter Boyhood Farm on TripAdvisor.

Attractions near Jimmy Carter Peanut of Plains Statue: (0.15 mi) Maranatha Baptist Church (0.37 mi) Jimmy Carter National Historic Site (0.36 mi) Plains High School (0.56 mi) Plain Peanuts Store; View all attractions near Jimmy Carter Peanut of Plains Statue on TripAdvisor.

Rachel Maddow broke down a clearly forgotten bit of presidential history a couple of weeks ago: the time when Jimmy Carter became president of the United States of America, gave up his peanut farm

James Earl Carter Jr. was born on October 1, 1924, at the Wise Sanitarium (now the Lillian G. Carter Nursing Center) in Plains, Georgia, a hospital where his mother was employed as a registered nurse.Carter was the first U.S. president to be born in a hospital. He was the eldest son of Bessie Lillian (née Gordy) and James Earl Carter Sr. Carter is a descendant of English immigrant Thomas ...