Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter have been married longer than most presidents were alive

Jimmy Carter may have served only one term before being voted out in a blowout, but he still holds a number of presidential records. At 95, he is the longest-living president, has had the longest post-presidency period of any commander in chief and is one of just four U.S. presidents to have won the Nobel Peace Prize.

This week, he reached another milestone: the longest presidential marriage. Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, have been married for more than 73 years — 26,766 days to be exact. That’s more than the previous record holders, George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush, who were married for 73 years and 102 days until Barbara’s 2018 death.

They have been married for longer than more than half of all the U.S. presidents were alive. Twenty-five presidents had shorter life spans; plus, two living presidents — Barack Obama and Bill Clinton — have yet to reach that mile marker.

During a month-long leave from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1945, Carter spent most of his time at home with another young woman, a beauty pageant winner. On his last night of leave, she was busy. Carter was driving around town with his sister and her boyfriend when they spotted Rosalynn coming out of church. She agreed to go to the movies with him.

The next morning, Carter’s mother asked him what he thought of Rosalynn.
“She’s the one I’m going to marry,” he replied, surprising even himself.

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