James Carter
Wikimedia disambiguation page
James, Jim, or Jimmy Carter may refer to:
Politics and law
James Earl Carter Sr. (1894–1953), American businessman and politician; father of US president Jimmy Carter
James Earl Carter Jr. or Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981
James G. Carter (1795–1849), American state legislator and education reformer
James Carter (judge) (1805–1878), British jurist in Canada
James P. T. Carter (1822–1869), American military officer and politician in Arizona Territory
James C. Carter (1827–1905), American lawyer
James Garneth Carter (1877–1949), American diplomat
James Marshall Carter (1904–1979), United States federal judge
J. P. Carter (James Pratt Carter, 1915–2000), American military officer and mayor of Madison, North Carolina
James H. Carter (1935–2016), justice of the Iowa Supreme Court
James Y. Carter, Illinois politician
Sports
James Carter (footballer) (fl.
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