Carter, Jason
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Birthname | Jason James Carter | ||||
born on | 7 August 1975 at 07:10 (= 07:10 AM ) | ||||
Place | Atlanta, Georgia (US), 33n45, 84w23 | ||||
Timezone | EDT h4w (is daylight saving time) | ||||
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Biography
American lawyer and politician from the state of Georgia, a former state senator and the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia in the 2014 election. He lost to incumbent Nathan Deal. Carter's grandfather is former Georgia governor and President Jimmy Carter.
A ninth-generation Georgian, he is the son of Jack Carter and Judy Langford, daughter of former Georgia State Senator James Beverly Langford.
After graduating from Duke University, Carter served in the Peace Corps stationed in South Africa. In doing so he followed the example of his great grand mother, Lillian Carter (President Jimmy Carter's mother), who became a Peace Corps volunteer at age 68 and spent nearly two years in India working as a nurse with patients with leprosy. Jason Carter lived in Lochiel, South Africa, where he worked on education issues in rural areas. He learned to speak Zulu and Siswati. He wrote a book, Power Lines: Two Years on South Africa's Borders, about his experiences there.
Relationships
- other kin relationship with Carter, Lillian (born 15 August 1898). Notes: Great-grandkin
- other kin relationship with Carter, Rosalynn (born 18 August 1927). Notes: Grandkin
- has other family relationship with Carter, Jimmy (born 1 October 1924). Notes: Grandkin
Events
- Work : Published/ Exhibited/ Released 2003 (Memoir, "Power Lines")
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth report from The Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta, Georgia), Friday 8 Aug 1975, p. 7: "Thursday marked a first... Judy Langford Carter gave birth to [Jimmy] Carter's first grandchild at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Christened James Jason Carter, he was born at 7:10 a.m. and weighed eight pounds and 10 ounces."
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (Two sons)
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate (American expatriate in South Africa)
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Politics : Candidate and lost
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (Democrat)
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer (Memoir, "Power Lines")
- 1975 births
- Birthday 7 August
- Birthplace Atlanta, GA (US)
- Sun 14 Leo
- Moon 13 Leo
- Asc 16 Leo
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3
- Lifestyle : Home : Expatriate
- Vocation : Law : Attorney
- Vocation : Politics : Candidate and lost
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
- Vocation : Politics : Public office
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer