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Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, is expected to lie in state on the Capitol rotunda in January, Fox News has learned.
Officials have not yet announced specific dates when Carter’s body will be in the Rotunda. The New York Times reported that the 39th president is expected to be in state at both the Georgia State Capitol and the U.S. Capitol before a state funeral takes place at Washington National Cathedral.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in January 2022 was the most recent statesman to lie to the state. Twelve US presidents have been to the state, starting with former president Abraham Lincoln. The last US president to be in the state was former President George HW Bush, who died in November 2018.
Multiple sightings of Carter’s death are expected in the coming days. The Carter Center said Sunday that events are expected in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Carter was from Plains, Georgia.
JIMMY CARTER, 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DIED AT 100
Former President Jimmy Carter speaks about his cancer diagnosis during a news conference at the Carter Center on August 20, 2015 in Atlanta. (Jessica McGowan/Getty Images)
“Final arrangements for President Carter’s state funeral, including all public events and motorcade routes, are still pending,” the center noted.
The former president will be buried privately in his hometown, which he returned to after serving as president from 1977 to 1981. His death came after years of ill health, including a cancer that spread to the liver and brain. He entered the hospital in February 2023.
Carter was survived by his wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, who died in November 2023 at the age of 96. His death inspired an outpouring of sympathy from both sides of the political aisle, with President-elect Trump writing that Americans “owe (Carter) a debt of gratitude.”
JIMMY, ROSALYNN CARTER’S HABITAT FOR HUMANITY LEGACY WILL CONTINUE, ORGANIZATION SAYS
Carter served two terms as a Georgia state senator from 1963 to 1967, one term as governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975, and one term as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. (File photos)
“Those of us who have been fortunate enough to have served as president understand that this is a very exclusive club, and only we can relate to the enormous responsibility of leading the greatest nation in history,” he said. Trump in a Truth Social post this Sunday. “The challenges Jimmy faced as president came at a crucial time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans.”
In a statement released Sunday, the late president’s son, Chip Carter, called his father a “hero.”
“My father was a hero, not only to me, but to all who believe in peace, human rights and selfless love,” the statement said. “My brothers, my sister and I shared it with the rest of the world through these common beliefs.”
“The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live out these shared beliefs.”
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Former President Jimmy Carter speaks to the congregation at Maranatha Baptist Church before teaching Sunday school in his hometown of Plains, Ga., on April 28, 2019. (Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
More information about Carter’s funeral and ceremony plans is expected to emerge in the coming days.
