But Carter, a former Georgia governor who defeated Republican President Gerald ... was crushed by GOP nominee Ronald Reagan ...
The Georgia peanut farmer turned politician won Texas’ 26 electoral votes in 1976 but couldn’t repeat the feat four years ...
Ronald Reagan defeated Carter in the 1980 election ... Carter has long said he would be buried in his hometown of in Plains, Georgia, where Rosalynn Carter is buried. The burial site will be part of ...