Photos: Jimmy Carter's life in pictures | CNN Politics

Carter is held by his mother, Lillian, when he was just a month old. Carter was born October 1, 1924, in Plains, Georgia. He was the first US president to be born in a hospital.

Carter, 6, poses with his sister Gloria in 1931.

Carter graduated from the US Naval Academy on June 5, 1946, after completing the accelerated wartime program.

Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, are seen on their wedding day in July 1946.

The Carters share a light moment at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in 1966. Jimmy, a Georgia state senator at the time, ran for governor but lost in the Democratic primary.

Carter is applauded at his Atlanta headquarters in 1970. He was running for governor again — and this time he won.

Carter shovels peanuts in the '70s. Carter was the son of a peanut farmer, and he took over the family business in 1953 before his political career took off.

Carter gets a haircut during his first year as governor of Georgia. He was inaugurated on January 12, 1971.

Carter holds his 7-year-old daughter, Amy, in 1974, just after he officially announced that he would be running for president.

After becoming the Democratic Party's presidential nominee in 1976, Carter raises hands with running mate Walter Mondale at the Democratic National Convention in New York. Standing to Carter's right is his wife, Rosalynn, and their daughter, Amy. Carter ran as a Washington outsider and someone who promised to shake up government.

Carter and US President Gerald Ford debate domestic policy at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia in September 1976. It was the first of three Ford-Carter presidential debates.

Carter embraces his wife after receiving news of his election victory on November 2, 1976. Carter received 297 electoral votes, while Ford received 241.

Chief Justice Warren Burger swears Carter into office on January 20, 1977, while Rosalynn Carter looks on.

Carter, second from left, and his brother Billy, left, visit Georgia's St. Simons Island in 1977.

Carter is applauded by members of Congress after he signed a bill creating the Department of Energy in August 1977.

Carter meets with civic leaders from Georgia and Florida to explain his new Panama Canal treaty in August 1977.

Carter delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in January 1978. "Government cannot solve our problems," he said. Anti-government sentiment at the time was brought on by economic pessimism along with the end of the Vietnam War and the unraveling of the Watergate saga.

Carter and West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt are all smiles as they prepare to depart Berlin in July 1978. Carter and Schmidt came to Berlin to see the Berlin Wall and the Airlift Memorial and hold a town meeting with citizens of Berlin.

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, right, listens to Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin on September 6, 1978, at the Camp David presidential retreat in Maryland. With Carter's help, terms of a peace accord were negotiated at Camp David. A formal treaty was signed in Washington on March 26, 1979, ending 31 years of war between Egypt and Israel. It was one of the highlights of Carter's presidency.

Three days before his birthday in 1978, Carter blows out candles on a birthday cake presented to him at a fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee.

Carter jogs on the South Lawn of the White House in December 1978.

Carter visits the crippled Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in April 1979.

Carter pauses to kiss his wife, Rosalynn, before boarding a helicopter at the White House in May 1979.

Carter walks with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev outside the US embassy in Vienna, Austria, in June 1979. They held private talks before heading to the Imperial Hofburg Palace to sign the SALT II nuclear treaty.

College student Chuck McManis watches Carter's nationally televised energy speech from a service station in Los Angeles in July 1979. In this speech, Carter described what he saw as a growing "crisis of confidence" in the country. An Arab oil embargo led to fuel shortages and sky-high prices throughout much of the 1970s. At times, Americans were waiting in line for hours to fill their gas tanks.

Outgoing President Carter, left, sits with President-elect Ronald Reagan en route to Reagan's inauguration in January 1981. Reagan had defeated Carter in a landslide.

Before departing for Georgia following Reagan's inauguration, Carter holds his crying daughter as his wife blows a kiss at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland.

Carter gets a hug from his mother, Lillian, as he arrives home in Plains, Georgia, after Reagan's inauguration.

Carter traveled to Wiesbaden, West Germany, in January 1981 to greet the 52 American hostages who had been released by Iran after 444 days of captivity.

The Carters wear glittering garlands and a turban given to them by Pakistani tribesmen at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in November 1986. They also received a pair of rams.

Carter addresses a United Nations interfaith service at New York's Trinity Church in September 1991. His speech was entitled "The Present Role of the United Nations in a Changing World."

From left, former President George H.W. Bush, President Bill Clinton, Carter and Vice President Al Gore attend the Presidents' Summit for America's Future in Philadelphia in 1997. They helped clean up local neighborhoods as part of the effort to encourage volunteer service.

Clinton presented Carter with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, on August 9, 1999. Carter was recognized for his diplomatic achievements and humanitarian efforts.

Carter works at a construction site sponsored by the Jimmy Carter Work Project in Asan, South Korea, in 2001. The Carters have been involved with the nonprofit Habitat for Humanity since 1984.

Cuban President Fidel Castro calls for time as Carter prepares to throw the first pitch at a baseball game in Havana, Cuba, in May 2002. It was the first time a US president, past or present, had visited Cuba since the 1959 Cuban Revolution.

Students at the University of Havana listen to Carter outline his vision for improved relations between the United States and Cuba on May 14, 2002. The speech was broadcast live and uncensored on Cuban state television.

Carter is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, in December 2002. He was recognized for his many years of public service, and in his acceptance speech he urged others to work for peace.

Carter adjusts his headphones at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, in January 2003. He proposed a referendum on Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's presidency or an amendment to the constitution as a way to end the political crisis in the South American nation.

Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean speaks beside Carter during a campaign stop in Plains, Georgia, in January 2004.

Rosalynn Carter smashes a bottle of champagne against the sail of the USS Jimmy Carter during the submarine's christening ceremony in Connecticut in June 2004.

The Carters wave to the audience at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004.

Carter checks his notes while observing a polling station in Maputo, Mozambique, in December 2004. Since 1989, the Carter Center has been observing elections around the world to determine their legitimacy. The nonprofit organization was founded by Carter and his wife to advance human rights across the globe.