Jimmy Carter // #39

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Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

  • After his sister hit him with a wrench, he shot her in the keister with a BB gun.

  • Would run with Willie Nelson occasionally.

  • Studied nuclear physics at Union College.

  • Prevented a nuclear meltdown in Canada, exposing himself to maximum permissible radiation.

  • Rosalynn loved their life in Schenectady. When he decided they’d return to Georgia without consulting her, she didn’t speak to him for nearly the entire ride back.

  • Only modern couple to return to their original hometown after the presidency.

  • Worked tirelessly to eradicate diseases and improve health around the world.

 

Check out my Jimmy Carter is 100! post for more fun tidbits about him.

The Carters: the only modern couple to return to their original hometown
Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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