Editing Jimmy Carter (section)

== Legacy ==
=== Assessments ===
When Carter left office in 1981, scholars and even many Democrats viewed his presidency as a failure.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carter's Legacy of Failure |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Jimmy-Carter-s-Legacy-of-Failure-2483048.php<!-- also: https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/Jimmy-Carter-s-Legacy-of-Failure-2483048.php --> |date=December 12, 2006 |first=Cinnamon |last=Stillwell |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717125517/https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Jimmy-Carter-s-Legacy-of-Failure-2483048.php |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Jimmy Carter: Why He Failed |url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2000/01/21politics-hess |date=January 21, 2000 |publisher=Brookings Institution |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725153444/https://www.brookings.edu/research/opinions/2000/01/21politics-hess |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |first=Ramesh |last=Ponnuru |title=In Carter's Shadow |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810305,00.html |magazine=Time |date=May 28, 2008 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725145652/https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1810305,00.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Siders |first=David |date=March 13, 2019 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/03/13/jimmy-carter-trump-1207385 |title=Democrats find a foil for Trump in Jimmy Carter |newspaper=[[Politico]] |access-date=September 28, 2024}}</ref> [[Betty Glad]], a [[political scientist]] at the [[University of Illinois]], summarized the public consensus on Carter: "he didn't have a well-developed political philosophy and gave people a feeling he didn't quite know where he was headed."<ref name="eftg5"/>

Historians [[Historical rankings of presidents of the United States|have ranked Carter's presidency]] as below average.<ref name="Jimmy Carter's Post-Presidency">{{cite web |title=Jimmy Carter's Post-Presidency |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-post-presidency/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=May 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506081425/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/general-article/carter-post-presidency/}}</ref>{{sfn|Brinkley|1998|pp=505–530}} After leaving office, he told allies he predicted history would be kinder to him than voters were in the 1980 election.<ref name="eftg5">[https://www.newspapers.com/article/wisconsin-state-journal-historians-rate/161375991/ Historians rate best and worst presidents]. ''[[Wisconsin State Journal]]''. January 10, 1982. Retrieved December 22, 2024.</ref> In a 1982 ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' survey, when 49 historians and scholars were asked to rank the best and worst U.S. presidents, Carter was ranked the tenth worst.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-world-presidents-rated-truman-ike/156226892/ Presidents rated: Truman, Ike near the top]. [[Chicago Tribune]]. ''The World''. February 4, 1982. Retrieved September 29, 2024.</ref> In 2006, conservative British historian [[Andrew Roberts, Baron Roberts of Belgravia|Andrew Roberts]] ranked Carter the worst U.S. president.<ref>Roberts, Andrew (November 11, 2006). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-jimmy-carter/161333473/ Jimmy Carter]. ''[[The Independent]]''. Retrieved December 21, 2024.</ref> Yet some of Carter's policy accomplishments have been more favorably received.<ref>Schumann, Megan (February 23, 2023). [https://www.rutgers.edu/news/jimmy-carters-legacy-rutgers-historian-reflects-39th-president Jimmy Carter's Legacy: Historian Reflects on the 39th President]. ''[[Rutgers University]]''. Retrieved December 21, 2024.</ref> The 2009 documentary ''[[Back Door Channels: The Price of Peace]]'' credits Carter's efforts at Camp David, which brought peace between Israel and Egypt, with bringing the only meaningful peace to the Middle East.<ref>{{cite web |last=Gibb |first=Lindsay |url=https://realscreen.com/2009/06/08/montecarlofest-20090608/ |title=Monte-Carlo TV fest opens with doc for first time |date=June 4, 2009 |access-date=June 12, 2012 |archive-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326204832/https://realscreen.com/2009/06/08/montecarlofest-20090608/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WorldScreen.com – Archives |url=https://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/21252 |website=worldscreen.com |access-date=June 22, 2015 |url-access=subscription }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> [[Stuart E. Eizenstat]], who served as Carter's chief White House domestic policy adviser, wrote, "Carter's accomplishments at home and abroad were more extensive and longer lasting than those of almost all modern presidents."<ref>Eizenstat, Stuart, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/12/29/stuart-eizenstat-jimmy-carter-accomplishments/ "History views Carter's legacy — and his many accomplishments — all wrong"], ''The Washington Post'', December 29, 2024.</ref>

While historians generally consider Carter a below-average president, his post-presidency activities have been universally praised, including his [[peacekeeping]] and humanitarian efforts.<ref name="Jimmy Carter's Post-Presidency" />{{sfn|Brinkley|1998|pp=505–530}} ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote in 2009, "Carter is widely considered a better man than he was a president."<ref name="Independent 2009-01-22">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/jimmy-carter-1482922.html |title=Jimmy Carter:39th president – 1977–1981 |work=The Independent |location=London |date=January 22, 2009 |access-date=January 28, 2009 |archive-date=February 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210223024100/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/presidents/jimmy-carter-1482922.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Public opinion ===
In exit polls from the 1976 presidential election, many voters still held [[Ford's pardon of Nixon]] in 1974 against him.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/polls-fords-image-improved-over-time/ |publisher=CBS News |title=Polls: Ford's Image Improved Over Time |date=December 27, 2006 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908032831/https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/27/opinion/polls/main2301584.shtml |url-status=live}}</ref> By comparison, Carter was viewed as a sincere, honest, and well-meaning [[Southern United States|southerner]].<ref name="Independent 2009-01-22" /> During his presidency, polls generally showed that most Americans saw Carter as likable and "a man of high moral principles".<ref>Light, Larry (January 17, 1980). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-carter-runs-on-first-t/156081570/ Carter runs on first-term record and as rallying point in crisis]. [[Congressional Quarterly]]. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> In the 1980 election, Reagan projected an easy self-confidence, in contrast to Carter's serious and introspective temperament. Carter was portrayed as more pessimistic and indecisive than Reagan, who was known for his charm and delegation of tasks to subordinates.<ref>{{cite news |first=E. J. |last=Dionne |date=May 18, 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/us/washington-talk-carter-begins-to-shed-negative-public-image.html |title=Washington Talk; Carter Begins to Shed Negative Public Image |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=January 28, 2009 |archive-date=May 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524021900/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/05/18/us/washington-talk-carter-begins-to-shed-negative-public-image.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Reagan used the economic issues, the Iran hostage crisis, and the lack of Washington cooperation to portray Carter as a weak and ineffectual leader. Carter was the first elected incumbent president since Herbert Hoover [[1932 United States presidential election|in 1932]] to lose a reelection bid.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/brinkley-unfinished.html |title=The Unfinished Presidency – Jimmy Carter's Journey Beyond the White House |website=The New York Times |year=1998 |access-date=November 27, 2015 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233450/https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/brinkley-unfinished.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Carter began his presidency with an [[approval rating]] between 66% and 75%.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gallup.com/poll/113923/History-Foretells-Obama-First-Job-Approval-Rating.aspx |title=What History Foretells for Obama's First Job Approval Rating |publisher=Gallup.com |date=January 22, 2009 |access-date=December 10, 2011 |archive-date=January 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111182110/https://www.gallup.com/poll/113923/History-Foretells-Obama-First-Job-Approval-Rating.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fvr45">Gallup, George (March 27, 1978). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-carters-decline/156055551/ Carter's Decline Is Halted]. [[Gallup Organization]]. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> He maintained approval ratings above 50% until March 1978,<ref name="fvr45" /> and the following month his approval rating fell to 39%,<ref name="uiher5">Gallup, George (June 4, 1978). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-news-carter-gains-in-popularit/161398320/ Carter Gains In Popularity]. ''[[The Macon News]]''. Retrieved December 23, 2024.</ref> primarily due to the declining economy.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-carters-approval-rating/156056662/ Carter's approval rating shows rich, poor similar]. ''The Pantagraph''. April 9, 1978. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> His ratings briefly rebounded after the Camp David Accords in late 1978<ref>Gallup, George (October 1, 1978). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-times-carters-popularity-rise-all-t/161451925/ Carter's popularity rise all-time gain]. ''[[The Shreveport Times]]''. Retrieved December 24, 2024.</ref> but dipped during the 1979 energy crisis and got as low as 28% in July 1979.<ref>Gallup, George (August 14, 1979). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/honolulu-star-bulletin-trust-in-carter-s/156057185/ Trust in Carter Still Strong]. ''Honolulu Star-Bulletin''. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> At the beginning of the Iran hostage crisis, his approval rating surged to 61%, up 23 points from his pre-crisis rating.<ref name="ib453p">[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/10/archives/survey-finds-carters-popularity-has-risen-sharply-in-iran-crisis.html Survey Finds Carter's Popularity Has Risen Sharply in Iran Crisis]. ''[[The New York Times]]''. December 10, 1979. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> Polls also found that up to 77% of Americans approved of Carter's initial response to the crisis,<ref name="ib453p" /> but by June 1980, amid heated criticism from across the political spectrum<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-carters-lead-over-ken/156180040/ Carter's Lead over Kennedy Is Declining]. [[Gallup Organization]]. ''The Tampa Tribune''. April 17, 1980. Retrieved September 28, 2024.</ref> for his failure to free the hostages, his approval rating slumped to 33%; that same month Reagan surpassed Carter in pre-1980 election polling.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-for-the-first-time-re/156058167/ For the First Time, Reagan Leads Carter]. [[The Tampa Tribune]]. June 18, 1980. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> As Carter was leaving office, a Gallup poll found that 48% of Americans thought he had been an "average" or "above average" president, 46% said he had been "below average" or "poor", and only 3% thought he had been "outstanding".<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-herald-only-3-regard-carter-a/156083128/ Only 3% regard Carter as 'outstanding' president]. [[The Miami Herald]]. January 9, 1981. Retrieved September 26, 2024.</ref> His average approval rating during his entire presidency was 46%,<ref>Panagopoulos, Costas (January 2, 2007). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/ledger-enquirer-fort-didnt-have-it-easy/161260379/ Ford didn't have it easy]. ''[[Ledger-Enquirer]]''. Retrieved December 20, 2024.</ref><ref>Swanson, Emily (August 27, 2017). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-roanoke-times-trump-setting-records/161260871/ Trump setting records for low average presidential approval]. ''[[The Roanoke Times]]''. Retrieved December 20, 2024.</ref> and he left office as one of the most unpopular U.S. presidents in history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx |title=Bush Presidency Closes With 34% Approval, 61% Disapproval |date=January 14, 2009 |publisher=Gallup, Inc. |access-date=December 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090119053947/https://www.gallup.com/poll/113770/Bush-Presidency-Closes-34-Approval-61-Disapproval.aspx |archive-date=January 19, 2009}}</ref>

In a 1990 Gallup survey, 45% of respondents said they approved of the overall job Carter did as president, leaving only Nixon and [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] with lower ratings.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-post-standard-jfk-tops-presidents-l/156388619/ JFK Tops Presidents' List]. [[Gallup Organization]]. ''The Post-Standard''. December 5, 1990. Retrieved October 1, 2024.</ref> In a 2006 poll, 61% of respondents said they approved of the job Carter did as president, his highest rating since 1979.<ref>Panagopoulos, Costas (December 29, 2006). [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-ford-won-the-publics/158133879/ Ford won the public's affection]. ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''. Retrieved October 30, 2024.</ref> In a 2021 survey, 27% of respondents said he had been an "outstanding" or "above average" president, 43% regarded him as "average", and only 24% said he had been "below average" or "poor".<ref>Jones, Jeffrey M. (December 29, 2024). [https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/235277/jimmy-carter-retrospective.aspx Jimmy Carter Retrospective]. ''[[Gallup Organization]]''. Retrieved December 31, 2024.</ref>

=== Awards and honors ===
{{Further|List of awards and honors received by Jimmy Carter}}

[[Carterpuri]], a village in [[Haryana]], India, was renamed in his honor after he visited in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Hindu : Carterpuri awaits Clinton visit |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/02/29/stories/0229000n.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041119195807/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/02/29/stories/0229000n.htm |archive-date=November 19, 2004 |access-date=April 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2025 |title=Carterpuri - Indian village named to honor Jimmy Carter - pays tribute |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/jimmy-carter-indian-village-funeral-b2673334.html |access-date=January 4, 2025 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref>

Carter received the [[American Academy of Achievement]]'s Golden Plate Award in 1984.<ref name="achievement.org" /> 
[[File:Jcnhsvistctr.jpg|thumb|Carter National Historic Site]]
[[File:Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and Museum.jpg|thumb|The [[Jimmy Carter Library and Museum]] was opened in 1986.]]
The [[Jimmy Carter Library and Museum]] was opened in 1986.<ref>{{cite news |first=Peter |last=Applebome |title=Carter Center: More Than the Past |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/travel/carter-center-more-than-the-past.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 30, 1993 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 5, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705073105/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/05/30/travel/carter-center-more-than-the-past.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The following year, buildings connected to Carter's life were granted status as [[National Historic Site (United States)|National Historic Sites]]<ref>{{cite news |first=Najja |last=Parker |title=Guide to visiting Jimmy Carter Historical Park in Plains, Georgia |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/world/guide-visiting-jimmy-carter-historic-site-plains-georgia/VVYPV6Ni0LqcJ0UaPuQkWP/ |newspaper=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] |date=May 9, 2018 |access-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708012111/https://www.ajc.com/news/world/guide-visiting-jimmy-carter-historic-site-plains-georgia/VVYPV6Ni0LqcJ0UaPuQkWP/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and in 2021 were collectively renamed the [[Jimmy Carter National Historic Park]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Alex |last=Jones |title=Jimmy Carter historic sites become national historic park |url=https://www.ajc.com/news/world/guide-visiting-jimmy-carter-historic-site-plains-georgia/VVYPV6Ni0LqcJ0UaPuQkWP/ |publisher=[[WTVM]] |date=January 15, 2021 |access-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-date=July 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708012349/https://www.wtvm.com/2021/01/15/jimmy-carter-historic-sites-become-national-historic-park/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1991, Carter was made an honorary member of [[Phi Beta Kappa]] at [[Kansas State University]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pbk.org/presidents |title=PBK – Phi Beta Kappa Presidents |website=pbk.org |access-date=November 29, 2019 |archive-date=November 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118101012/https://www.pbk.org/presidents |url-status=live}}</ref> and was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=APS Member History |url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Jimmy+Carter&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced |access-date=April 14, 2022 |website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 1998, the U.S. Navy named the third and final {{sclass|Seawolf|submarine|0}} submarine {{USS|Jimmy Carter}}.<ref>{{cite web |last=McIntyre |first=Jamie |date=April 8, 1998 |title=Navy to name submarine after former president Jimmy Carter |url=https://edition.cnn.com/US/9804/08/carter.sub/ |publisher=CNN|access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622200204/https://edition.cnn.com/US/9804/08/carter.sub/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Carter received the [[United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights]], given in honor of human rights achievements,<ref>{{cite web |title=HR Prize – List of previous recipients |url=https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/HRPrizeListofpreviousrecipients.aspx |publisher=[[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]] |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408010114/https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/HRPrizeListofpreviousrecipients.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and the [[Hoover Medal]], recognizing engineers who have contributed to global causes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/hoover-awards/1998 |title=James Earl Carter Jr 1998 – ASME |access-date=July 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714192308/https://www.asme.org/about-asme/get-involved/honors-awards/unit-awards/hoover-awards/1998 |archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> Carter's 2002 [[Nobel Peace Prize]]<ref>{{cite press release |title=The Nobel Peace Prize for 2002 to Jimmy Carter |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/press.html |publisher=Nobel Foundation |date=October 11, 2002 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 1, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701001814/https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2002/press.html |url-status=live}}</ref> was partially a response to president George W. Bush's threats of war against Iraq and Carter's criticism of the Bush administration.<ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Peace Prize |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/11/carter.nobel/index.html |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091121014447/https://archives.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/11/carter.nobel/index.html |archive-date=November 21, 2009 |url-status=live |publisher=CNN|date=October 11, 2002}}</ref>

In 2009, the [[Souther Field]] Airport in [[Americus, Georgia]], was renamed [[Jimmy Carter Regional Airport]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Carter Regional Airport Becomes a Reality |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/11/jimmy-carter-regional-airport-reality/ |date=October 11, 2009 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=Fox News |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707030437/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/11/jimmy-carter-regional-airport-reality/ |archive-date=July 7, 2015}}</ref>

In November 2024, Carter received his 10th nomination for the [[Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album]] for audio recordings of his books. He won four times—for ''[[Our Endangered Values]]: America's Moral Crisis'' (2007), ''[[A Full Life: Reflections at 90]]'' (2015), ''Faith: A Journey For All'' (2018), and ''Last Sunday in Plains: A Centennial Celebration'' (2024).<ref>{{cite news |author=Gregory Krieg |title=Former President Jimmy Carter wins Grammy Award |publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/politics/jimmy-carter-grammy-award-spoken-word/ |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=March 21, 2022 |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924221903/https://www.cnn.com/2016/02/15/politics/jimmy-carter-grammy-award-spoken-word/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Jeff |last1=Leeds |first2=Lorne |last2=Manly |title=Defiant Dixie Chicks Are Big Winners at the Grammys |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/arts/music/12gram.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 12, 2007 |issn=0362-4331 |access-date=June 22, 2015 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714142349/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/12/arts/music/12gram.html?_r=0 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Judy Kurtz, [https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/262293-jimmy-carter-up-for-another-grammy/ Jimmy Carter up for another Grammy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231114135944/https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/262293-jimmy-carter-up-for-another-grammy/ |date=November 14, 2023}}, ''The Hill'' (December 7, 2015).</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Karanth |first1=Sanjana |title=Jimmy Carter Wins 2019 Grammy Award For Spoken Word Album |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jimmy-carter-grammys-spoken-word-album_us_5c60b896e4b0eec79b24c9cc?guccounter=1 |website=HuffPost |date=February 11, 2019 |access-date=February 11, 2019 |archive-date=February 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011336/https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/jimmy-carter-grammys-spoken-word-album_us_5c60b896e4b0eec79b24c9cc?guccounter=1 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Musa-20241109">{{cite news |last1=Musa |first1=Amanda |title=100-year-old Jimmy Carter receives 10th Grammy Award nomination for spoken-word album 'Last Sundays in Plains' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/us/jimmy-carter-grammy-nomination/index.html |access-date=November 9, 2024 |publisher=CNN |date=November 9, 2024}}</ref><ref name="RS-20241108">{{cite magazine |title=Kendrick Reigns, Charli Shines, Jimmy Carter Gets a Nod: The Best and Weirdest 2025 Grammy Noms |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/2025-grammys-best-weirdest-1235157302/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=November 9, 2024 |date=November 8, 2024}}</ref> He is the most nominated and awarded recipient in the category. 

On February 21, 2024, the [[White House Historical Association]] unveiled its official 2024 White House Christmas ornament honoring Carter's naval service and efforts for peace. This was the first time a president being honored was alive at the time of the unveiling.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tSSQFo97Mg |title=Jimmy Carter becomes first president to live to see White House ornament honoring his legacy |date=February 21, 2024 |type=Video |agency=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223062708/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tSSQFo97Mg |archive-date=February 23, 2024 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}</ref>