Boring+Stuff+(Politics)

__1977__  __Politics!__

 As you know, President Jimmy Carter was sworn into office in 1977 . He was the Governor of Georgia from 1971-1975 , before he ran for president of the United States. He ran for president against Gerald Ford. Ford had more states carried than Carter, but Carter won the election having about 1,000,000  more popular votes than Ford. What a close race it was! Jimmy was a democrat.



 Carter created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He also made Life in Prison an option for a sentencing, as opposed to the Death Penalty.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter