when his father died in 1953, he resigned his naval commission and returned with his family to georgia. he took over the carter farms, and he and rosalynn operated carter's warehouse, a general purpose seed and farm farm supply company in plains. he quickly became a leader of the community, serving on county boards, supervising education, the hospital authority, and the library. in 1962, he won election to the georgia senate. he lost his first gubernatorial campaign in 1966, but won the next election, becoming georgia's 76th governor. on january 12th, 1971. he was the democratic national committee campaign chairman for the 1974 congressional and gubernatorial elections. on december 12th, 1974, he announced his candidacy for president of the united states. he won his party's nomination on the first ballot at the 1976 democratic national convention, and was elected president of the united states on november 2nd, 1976. jimmy carter served as president from january 20th, 1977 to january 20th, 1981. significant foreign policy accomplishments of his administration included the panama canal t

naval operations. one of his father had not died and he had been forced -- not been forced to resign his commission and go back to run the family business? it's interesting. >> norah: i agree. i was thinking the exact same thing. this is a good moment to bring in terry adamson, longtime friend of jimmy and rosalynn carter, served as their personal attorney for many years following their time in the white house. mr. adams and is an inaugural trustee of the carter center. terry, so good to see you. thank you so much. >> i've enjoyed this discussion, thank you. >> norah: any corrections you want to make or additions to our conversation? we welcome them, sir. >> i would have made one other point that doug almost made but didn't quite. in the film of the original walk down pennsylvania avenue, one of the people in that picture is jason carter. he is on his dad's shoulders or his arms in the pictures you you showed and i do expect he will be with the family that makes the next trip. this is his second trip down pennsylvania avenue with his grandfather. >> norah: it's a wonderful point. terry, as you look at