In April 1979, Carter became the first president to address Virginia Democrats’ Jefferson Jackson fundraiser, touting his energy plan during an appearance at the Hotel John Marshall in Richmond.

Virginia lawmakers are reacting to the death of former president Jimmy Carter, lionizing him as a prime example of humane and gentle leadership and giving back to his community and his country almost ...

Virginia played a recurring role in President Jimmy Carter’s long life, from his Navy stint in Norfolk in the 1940s when the young ensign sought to save money for a Buick, to a 1976 presidential ...

The mayor’s son, John Hutchinson Jr ... recalled. President Carter would return to West Virginia months later for the Forest Festival in Elkins in October 1978 and in October 1980 for a ...