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By Herbert E. Abrams, ca. 1982. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian
Institution; lent by Mr. and Mrs. Set Charles Momjian |
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Thirty-ninth
President, 1977-1981
In the early stages of the 1976 presidential campaign, the experts
hardly gave a second thought to Jimmy Carter's chances of winning
the Democratic nomination, much less the White House. But the former
Georgia governor's can-do, Washington outsider's image, along with
his conservative populism, had great voter appeal, and in the final
poll he emerged triumphant. Unfortunately, Carter did not prove as
effective in the presidency as he had on the stump. He was, moreover,
blamed for problems, such as runaway inflation, that were mostly beyond
his control. Nevertheless, his administration had some unalloyed successes,
including the landmark peace agreement between Egypt and Israel that
would probably never have been reached without Carter's own dogged
determination to make it happen. |
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