Jimmy Carter was the 39th President of the United States. A peanut farmer, he was in many ways modest. His colorful cast of relatives included his devoted wife Rosalyn who he scheduled a weekly lunch with, his brother Billy who decided to go into the beverage business (Billy Beer) while his brother was in office, and his daughter Amy who was sent to public elementary school (a first for presidential offspring) and Miss Lillian the matriarch of the family.
During his presidency the temperature in the White House was turned down to save energy and he wore a pale blue cardigan to ward off the resulting chill. He established the Department of Energy and the Department of Education, and signed the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, which protected more than 100 million acres of land in Alaska. He also negotiated the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt but was faced with the Iran Hostage Crisis which caused his popularity to plummet substantially and relegated him to one term. After leaving office, Carter continued to be active in public life, working on humanitarian causes through the Carter Center, which he founded in 1982.
