Jimmy Carter Presidency Years 2025. Carter won the presidency as the smiling southerner and technocratic engineer who promised to change the ways of washington — and eschewed many of its unwritten rules when he got there.from 1977. The body of president jimmy carter has arrived in washington, d.c.

Jimmy carter showed that presidents seen as failures on leaving can be viewed generously years later. Carter won the presidency as the smiling baptist and technocratic engineer who promised to.