Jimmy Carter

== Farming ==
After debt settlements and division of his father's estate among its heirs, Jimmy inherited comparatively little.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Mukunda |first=Gautam |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1303569935 |title=Picking presidents : how to make the most consequential decision in the world |date=2022 |isbn=978-0-520-97703-7 |location=Oakland, California |pages=105 |oclc=1303569935}}</ref> For a year, he, Rosalynn, and their three sons lived in public housing in Plains.{{efn|Carter is the only U.S. president to have lived in subsidized housing before he took office.<ref name = ":Bourne, pp. 83–91." />}} Carter was knowledgeable in scientific and technological subjects, and he set out to expand the family's peanut-growing business.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/916409068 |title=A companion to Gerald R. Ford and Jimmy Carter |date=2016 |others=Scott Kaufman |isbn=978-1-118-90763-4 |location=Chichester, UK |pages=66 |oclc=916409068}}</ref> Transitioning from the Navy to an [[agribusiness|agri-businessman]] was difficult as his first-year harvest failed due to a drought, and Carter had to open several bank lines of credit to keep the farm afloat.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Gherman |first=Beverly |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51861756 |title=Jimmy Carter |date=2004 |publisher=Lerner Publications Co |isbn=0-8225-0816-8 |location=Minneapolis |pages=38 |oclc=51861756}}</ref> Meanwhile, he took classes and studied agriculture while Rosalynn learned accounting to manage the business's books.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Kenneth Earl |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34318552 |title=Jimmy Carter, American moralist |date=1996 |publisher=University of Georgia Press |isbn=0-8203-1862-0 |location=Athens |pages=115 |oclc=34318552}}</ref> Though they barely broke even the first year, the Carters grew the business and became quite successful.<ref name = ":Bourne, pp. 83–91." >Bourne, pp. 83–91.</ref><ref>Morris, p. 115.</ref>