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William Alton "Billy" Carter (March 29, 1937 – September 25, 1988), the younger brother of United States President Jimmy Carter, was born in Plains, Georgia. Image File history File links Billy_and_Jimmy_Carter. ...
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James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...
March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (89th in Leap years). ...
1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
For the pop band, see Presidents of the United States of America. ...
James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ...
Plains is a city located in Sumter County, Georgia. ...
Carter served four years in the United States Marine Corps then returned to Plains to work for his older brother in the family business of growing peanuts. United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ...
Binomial name Arachis hypogaea L. The peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the pea family Fabaceae native to South America. ...
On December 6, 1976 he lost the mayoral election in Plains. December 6 is the 340th day (341st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...
In 1977, Carter endorsed Billy Beer, capitalizing his colorful image as a beer drinking, southern boy that had developed in the press while his brother ran for President. Billy Carter's name was occasionally used as a gag answer for a Washington D.C. trouble-maker on 70s episodes of The Match Game. For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Billy Beer is a beer which was brewed in the United States of America by the Falls City Brewing Company and promoted by Billy Carter, brother of then_President Jimmy Carter. ...
Mass media is a term used to denote, as a class, that section of the media specifically conceived and designed to reach a very large audience (typically at least as large as the whole population of a nation state). ...
Match Game was an American television game show where contestants tried to match a panel of six celebrities in answering fill-in-the-blank questions. ...
In late 1978 and early 1979 Carter visited Libya with a contingent from Georgia three times. He eventually registered as a foreign agent of the Libyan government and receiving a $220,000 loan. This led to a Senate hearing over alleged influence peddling which some in the press dubbed "Billygate". A Senate sub-committee was called To Investigate Activities of Individuals Representing Interests of Foreign Governments (Billy Carter-Libya Investigation). 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...
This page refers to the year 1979. ...
Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...
After the failure of Billy Beer, Carter sold his house to settle back taxes with the IRS. On September 25, 1988 Carter died in Plains, Georgia of pancreatic cancer. His mother and both of his sisters also died from pancreatic cancer. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the United States government agency that collects taxes and enforces the tax laws. ...
September 25 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years). ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Pancreatic cancer (also called cancer of the pancreas) is represented by the growth of a malignant tumour within the small pancreas organ. ...
In 1999, Carter's son William "Buddy" Carter published a biography on his father titled Billy Carter: A Journey Through the Shadows (ISBN 1563525534). 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
See also
- List of well-known U.S. presidential relatives
- List of scandals with "-gate" suffix
During the history of the United States, many presidential relatives have been noted in the media, often because of their controversial, scandalous or otherwise notable behavior. ...
The English suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal of the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of U.S. President Richard Nixon. ...
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