Numerous setbacks, both domestic and international, contributed to President Jimmy Carter's 1980 defeat at the hands of GOP challenger Ronald Reagan, making Carter a one-term president ...

How Jimmy Carter lost his second term to Ronald Reagan. A year-long hostage crisis led to a presidency that would shape American politics for decades.

Jimmy Carter’s melancholy fate was to be a largely derivative figure: He was a reaction against his elected predecessor and the precursor of his successor. Richard Nixon made Carter tempting; ...

When President Jimmy Carter ran for reelection in 1980, he had to compete against former California Gov. Ronald Reagan. It was no contest. Reagan took 44 of the 50 states and won the popular vote ...

Gergen was 83 years old. His son, Christopher, told The New York Times on Friday that Gergen's death was caused by Lewy body dementia. Gergen first began working at the White House in 1971, ...

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the roof of the White House. ... President Ronald Reagan, did not share Carter's passion and had them removed during repairs to the roof.

As Biello noted, after Reagan took down the panels in 1986, one of the 32 was saved and now resides at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, one is at the Carter Library, and ...

President Jimmy Carter, left, and Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan shake hands after their debate in Cleveland on Oct. 28, 1980.