Jimmy Carter had the longest post-presidency of anyone to hold the office, and one of the most active. Here is a look back at his life.

1924 — Jimmy Carter was born on Oct. 1 to Earl and Lillian Carter in the small town of Plains, Georgia.

1928 — Earl Carter bought a 350-acre farm 3 miles from Plains in the tiny community of Archery. The Carter family lived in a house on the farm without running water or electricity.

Democratic presidential nominee Jimmy Carter (R) and his wife Rosalynn Smith (C) walk hand in hand to the polling booth in Plains, to vote in the national election. (GENE FORTE/CONSOLIDATED NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

1941 — He graduated from Plains High School and enrolled at Georgia Southwestern College in Americus.

1942 — He transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

1943 — Carter’s boyhood dream of being in the Navy becomes a reality as he is appointed to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.

1946 — He received his naval commission and on July 7 married Rosalynn Smith of Plains. They moved to Norfolk, Virginia.

1946-1952 — Carter’s three sons are born, Jack in 1947, Chip in 1950 and Jeff in 1952.

1962-66 — Carter is elected to the Georgia State Senate and serves two terms.

1953 — Carter’s father died and he cut his naval career short to save the family farm. Due to a limited income, Jimmy, Rosalynn and their three sons moved into Public Housing Apartment 9A in Plains.

Democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter (c), flanked by his wife Rosalynn (L), his daughter Amy (2nd L) and family, reacts during a rally in Atlanta. (GENE FORTE/CONSOLIDATED NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

1966 — He ran for governor, but lost.

1967 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter’s fourth child, Amy, is born.

1971 — He ran for governor again and won the election, becoming Georgia’s 76th governor on Jan. 12.

1974 — Carter announced his candidacy for president.

1976 — Carter was elected 39th president on Nov. 2, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford.

1978 — U.S. and the Peoples’ Republic of China establish full diplomatic relations. President Carter negotiates and mediates an accord between Egypt and Israel at Camp David.

1979 — The Department of Education is formed. Iranian radicals overrun the U.S. Embassy and seize American hostages. The Strategic Arms Limitations Treaty is signed.

Egyptian President Anwar al-Sadat (L), Israeli Premier Menachem Begin (R) and US President Jimmy Carter (C) sign a peace agreement in the East Room of the White House, 17 September 1978. (Photo by CONSOLIDATED NEWS/AFP via Getty Images)

1980 — On March 21, Carter announces that the U.S. will boycott the Olympic Games scheduled in Moscow. A rescue attempt to get American hostages out of Iran is unsuccessful. Carter was defeated in his bid for a second term as president by Ronald Reagan in November.

1981 — President Carter continues to negotiate the release of the American hostages in Iran. Minutes before his term as president is over, the hostages are released.

US President Jimmy Carter (D) and USSR State and Party Chairman Leonid Brezhnev (R) wave in front of the Soviet Embassy, June 17, 1979, one day before signing the SALT II treaty in Hofburg Place in Vienna, Austria, during the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II). Between them: the Soviet interpreter, Viktor Sukhodrev.(Photo by JENO PAP/AFP via Getty Images)

1982 — Carter became a distinguished professor at Emory University in Atlanta, and founded The Carter Center. The nonpartisan and nonprofit center addresses national and international issues of public policy.

1984 — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter volunteer one week a year for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization that helps needy people in the United States and in other countries renovate and build homes, until 2020. He also taught Sunday school in the Maranatha Baptist Church of Plains from the mid-’80s until 2020.

Former President Jimmy Carter works between his wife, Rosalynn Carter, right, and singer Trisha Yearwood, left, at a Habitat for Humanity building site Monday, Nov. 2, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. Behind Yearwood is her husband, singer Garth Brooks. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have volunteered a week of their time annually to Habitat for Humanity since 1984, events dubbed “Carter work projects” that draw thousands of volunteers and take months of planning. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

2002 — Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

2015 — Carter announced in August he had been diagnosed with melanoma that spread to his brain.

2016 — He said in March that he no longer needed cancer treatment.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter holds up his Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 2002 in Oslo, Norway. Carter was recognized for many years of public service and urged others to work for peace during his acceptance speech. (Photo by Arne Knudsen/Getty Images)

2024 — Carter dies at 100 years old.

Sources: Cartercenter.org, Plains Historical Preservation Trust, The Associated Press; The Brookings Institution; U.S. Navy; WhiteHouse.gov, Gallup