Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

	James Earl Carter, Sr. (1894-1953) — also known as J. Earl Carter — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born September 12, 1894. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; grocer; member of Georgia state house of representatives from Sumter County, 1953; died in office 1953. Died, of pancreatic cancer, July 22, 1953 (age 58 years, 313 days). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga.   Relatives: Son of William Archibald Carter and Nina Carter; married, September 27, 1923, to Lillian Gordy; father of James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	Hugh Alton Carter, Sr. (1920-1999) — also known as Hugh Carter — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born in Plains, Sumter County, Ga., August 13, 1920. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; member of Georgia state senate 14th District, 1967-81; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1968. Baptist. Died at Sumter Regional Hospital, Americus, Sumter County, Ga., June 24, 1999 (age 78 years, 315 days). Interment at Lebanon Cemetery, Near Plains, Sumter County, Ga.   Relatives: Son of William Alton Carter and Annie Laurie (Gay) Carter; married to Ruth Godwin; first cousin of James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia.   The Hugh Alton Carter Bridge, on Highway 280 over Choctahatchee Creek, in Webster County, Georgia, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
	James Earl Carter Jr. (b. 1924) — also known as Jimmy Carter; "The Peanut"; "Dasher"; "Deacon" — of Plains, Sumter County, Ga. Born in a hospital, at Plains, Sumter County, Ga., October 1, 1924. Democrat. Member of Georgia state senate, 1963-66; Governor of Georgia, 1971-75; defeated in primary, 1966; President of the United States, 1977-81; defeated, 1980; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Georgia, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; speaker, 1984, 1988. Baptist. Member, American Legion; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Alpha Delta; Lions. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Still living as of 2022.   Relatives: Son of James Earl Carter, Sr. and Lillian (Gordy) Carter; married, July 7, 1946, to Eleanor Rosalynn Smith and Rosalynn Carter; father of John William Carter; first cousin of Hugh Alton Carter, Sr..   Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia.   Cross-reference: Clennon King — Thomas A. Hutto — Griffin Smith — Jane F. Harman — Philip H. Alston, Jr.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Books by Jimmy Carter: Turning Point : A Candidate, a State, and a Nation Come of Age (1992) — An Hour Before Daylight : Memories of a Rural Boyhood (2001) — Keeping Faith : Memoirs of a President (1982) — Always a Reckoning and Other Poems (1995) — The Blood of Abraham: Insights into the Middle East (1993) — Everything to Gain : Making the Most of the Rest of Your Life (1987) — A Government As Good As Its People (1977) — Living Faith (1996) — Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility (1984) — An Outdoor Journal: Adventures and Reflections (1994) — Sources of Strength : Meditations on Scripture for a Living Faith (1997) — The Virtues of Aging (1998) — Why Not The Best? (1975) — White House Diary (2010) — Talking Peace : A Vision for the Next Generation (1993, for young readers)   Books about Jimmy Carter: Douglas Brinkley, The Unfinished Presidency : Jimmy Carter's Journey to the Nobel Peace Prize — Rod Troester, Jimmy Carter as Peacemaker : A Post-Presidential Biography   Critical books about Jimmy Carter: Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents — Steven F. Hayward, The Real Jimmy Carter : How Our Worst Ex-President Undermines American Foreign Policy, Coddles Dictators, and Created the Party of Clinton and Kerry — Bernard Goldberg, 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America (And Al Franken Is #37)
	Rosalynn Carter (b. 1927) — also known as Eleanor Rosalynn Smith — Born in Plains, Sumter County, Ga., August 18, 1927. Democrat. First Lady of the United States, 1977-81. Female. Still living as of 2022.   Relatives: Daughter of Wilburn Edgar Smith and Frances Allethea 'Allie' (Murray) Smith; married, July 7, 1946, to James Earl Carter Jr..   Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail
	John William Carter (b. 1947) — also known as Jack Carter — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born July 3, 1947. Democrat. Candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada, 2006. Still living as of 2014.   Relatives: Son of James Earl Carter Jr.; married to Juliet 'Judy' Langford; married, May 15, 1992, to Elizabeth Brasfield.   Political family: Carter family of Plains, Georgia.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier