Former president Jimmy Carter has died at 100

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Jimmy Carter shovels peanuts on a farm in the 1970s open image in gallery Carter at a book signing event in Manhattan, 2018 However, he was considered a “failure” by some as president, a view Carter believed was attributed to him because he only served one term. In November, Carter narrowly won the presidential election, scoring 297 electoral votes against Ford’s 240. open image in gallery Carter embraces his wife Rosalynn after receiving the final news of his victory in the national general election on 2 November 1976 “I think it’s time to tap the tremendous strength and vitality and idealism and hope and patriotism and a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood in this country to unify our nation, to make it great once again. “The most effective action we can take to encourage both conservation and production here at home is to stop rewarding those who import foreign oil and to stop encouraging waste by holding the price of American oil down far below its replacement or its true value.” However, ultimately, what became cemented in Carter’s legacy were the failures of the Iran hostage crisis, when mobs ransacked the US embassy in Tehran capturing 52 people and holding them hostage for the duration of his presidency. That support of other nations is even more important now.” open image in gallery Carter and his Republican challenger, Ronald Reagan, shake hands as they greet one another before their debate on the stage of the Music Hall in Cleveland in 1980 “We will seek to continue, along with other nations and with the officials of Iran, a prompt resolution of the crisis without any loss of life and through peaceful and diplomatic means.” The hostages were held for 444 days, a lengthy time that angered many Americans.