# Rest in Peace, Jimmy Carter who turned 100 on October 1st. Amazing (has died, Dec. 29, 2024) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 27, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838 "2024-07-27T00:47:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/41 "2024-10-01T14:28:33Z")
Now he is working to make it to the 15th, when early voting opens in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/42 "2024-10-01T14:30:55Z")
Pretty cool story, @MrAtoz . ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/43 "2024-10-01T14:37:13Z")
Anyone with his kind of will to survive will surely succeed for at least two more weeks. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/44 "2024-10-01T14:42:18Z")
Does his vote even count if he dies before election day? Would Trump call it out as voter fraud if he did? (We already know the answer to that!) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/45 "2024-10-01T15:33:35Z")
In Georgia it counts as soon as it is out of the envelope. > **[Where does Jimmy Carter cast his vote? Does an absentee (mail) ballot count...](https://en.as.com/latest_news/where-does-jimmy-carter-cast-his-vote-does-an-absentee-mail-ballot-count-if-voter-dies-before-election-day-n/?outputType=amp)** > > As the former president turns 100 years old, one of his final desires is to make his vote count in the 2024 Presidential Elections. > [@](#): > > Fortunately for voters keen to be involved in their final days, Georgia’s law is clear: **if a voter’s absentee ballot is processed before they pass away, their vote counts.** > > However, it’s a [patchwork of rules across the United States](https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/counting-absentee-ballots-after-a-voter-dies). **While 10 states explicitly allow absentee votes to count if the voter dies before Election Day,** nine others, including states like Pennsylvania and Illinois, prohibit it. Some states, like Missouri, have a unique twist, requiring that election **authorities reject a ballot only if the voter’s death is proven before polls open** and their ballot is still sealed. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/46 "2024-10-01T15:43:19Z")
A sweet article about Carter. With some poignant moments. (Gift link) **“Jimmy Carter turns 100 and his hometown is ringing in the milestone”** [https://wapo.st/3TPPa1m](https://wapo.st/3TPPa1m) [Why aren’t my article previews showing up anymore?] ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/47 "2024-10-01T16:27:15Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > It was a little card with the Presidential Seal at the top Do you still have it? Jimmy Carter entered the US Naval Academy in 1943, at the height of WWII. He didn’t graduate until June 1946 so missed actual wartime service by 9 months or so. I know nothing about military training but apparently he was a midshipman in the academy, and if that means he was commissioned during that time (I kind of doubt it, but I don’t really know how this works) then he’s the last living US politician to have been an active member of the US military during WWII. But maybe his service began after he graduated? I don’t know. Whoops. Apparently he isn’t the last living politician and WWII-era vet. According to [this list](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_centenarians_(politicians_and_civil_servants)) there are several still living U.S politicians (long retired, of course) who served in WWII. Damn few left, of course. The _youngest_ WWII vets are today 96 years old, assuming 17 year olds were allowed to enlist in 1945. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/48 "2024-10-01T17:10:15Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > Well, by golly, it eventually reached him. I know that because several months later, after he had been elected and inaugurated, I got a reply from the White House. It was a little card with the Presidential Seal at the top. Send him a biirthday card. “Hi, it’s me again…” ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/49 "2024-10-01T17:12:31Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Do you still have it? We framed it, and for a long time it hung on the wall of my bedroom. I’ve very much afraid, however, that it’s been lost or misplaced amidst various moves since then. The occasion of his birthday should give me an impetus to do a thorough search of all my stuff to see if I can locate it. Sounds like a good project for this weekend. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/50 "2024-10-01T17:23:34Z")
Well worth a listen: > **[The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live...](https://www.wnyc.org/story/100-years-of-100-things-jimmy-carter/)** > > Brian Lehrer leads the conversation about what matters most now in local and national politics, our own communities and our lives. ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/51 "2024-10-01T18:00:55Z")
Re. Herbert Hoover, he died in October 1964, age 90, 11 months after JFK. I remember hearing on a TV special about JFK’s funeral that everything was well prepared because Hoover was expected to die soon–he had had major illnesses in 1962 and 1963, and in fact was too frail to attend the Nov. 1963 funeral. @Bullitt how were the Plains peanuts? ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/52 "2024-10-01T19:15:22Z")
Photos I took in Youngstown, OH during his 1980 campaign: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/TWL5ODX.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/TWL5ODX) [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/bMG6a35.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/bMG6a35) Fans looking on the motorcade: [![Imgur](https://i.imgur.com/WwPXJPx.jpeg "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/WwPXJPx) ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/53 "2024-10-01T19:35:00Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > I know nothing about military training but apparently he was a midshipman in the academy, and if that means he was commissioned during that time (I kind of doubt it, but I don’t really know how this works) Serving as midshipman at the Academy counts as active duty, but they are only commissioned upon graduation. Midshipman is an “appointment” as opposed to a warrant or a commission. (Carter and his classmates got the 3-year accelerated wartime curriculum.) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/54 "2024-10-01T20:52:46Z")
Huzzah for the first presidential centenarian! > **[Jimmy Carter is setting a new record for American presidents. It’s important...](https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/30/politics/jimmy-carter-presidents-what-matters/index.html)** > > Jimmy Carter sets a new record on October 1, his birthday, when he will become the first American president to reach triple digits. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/55 "2024-10-01T20:58:22Z")
Great shots, @beowulff ! ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/56 "2024-10-01T20:59:50Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > Photos I took in Youngstown, OH during his 1980 campaign: Sitting on the roof of his limousine? That couldn’t have been planned, his security guys look accordingly pissed. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/57 "2024-10-01T21:32:05Z")
And it was only 48 years ago that he was doused with radiation and became THE AMAZING COLOSSAL PRESIDENT This picture will illustrate how large the president has become. [![](https://tmi.papost.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/snl11.jpg) ](https://tmi.papost.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/snl11.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![SOJA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@SOJA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SOJA)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/58 "2024-10-01T21:49:04Z")
Looks like Spanish redskin (not really Spanish origin) and general runners? Virginia peanuts have a beautiful flavor profile but they’re troubling to eat because they’re so dense. I believe they are commonly boiled and consumed that way. The ones I buy are from Costco, fancy Virginia peanuts with sea salt. I tend to buy them to make my own peanut butter in a food processor. Even going as far to dry roast them further to caramelize any of the starches and sugars present in the peanuts. A store close to where I used to live used to have Valencia (also not from Spain) breed peanuts roasted in the shells. So, so, so good. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/59 "2024-10-01T23:50:24Z")
Here he is today watching a military fly over. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/W5pFFMWBqYE/maxresdefault.jpg "Jimmy Carter celebrates birthday with military flyover") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5pFFMWBqYE&t=9) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838/60 "2024-10-02T00:10:35Z")
My favorite Jimmy Carter story has to be the killer rabbit attack. > **[Jimmy Carter rabbit incident](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident)** > > The Jimmy Carter rabbit incident, sensationalized as the "killer rabbit attack" by the press, involved a swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus) that swam toward U.S. president Jimmy Carter's fishing boat on April 20, 1979. The incident caught the imagination of the media after Associated Press White House correspondent Brooks Jackson learned of the story months later. > On April 20, 1979, during a few days of vacation in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, Carter was fishing in a canoe or rowboat in a... > **[America](https://xkcd.com/204/)** > > The younger folk in the audience think this is a joke. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rest-in-peace-jimmy-carter-who-turned-100-on-october-1st-amazing-has-died-dec-29-2024/1004838.md?page=4)