Former President Jimmy Carter and his spouse Rosalynn Carter’s relationship was the longest presidential marriage in U.S. historical past.
Long earlier than Jimmy grew to become the thirty ninth President of the United States, he met his future spouse when he was 3 years outdated, as his mom, Lillian Carter, helped ship Rosalynn in 1927. The two acquired married in 1946 earlier than welcoming 4 youngsters collectively.
Days earlier than their seventy fifth wedding ceremony anniversary in July 2021, Jimmy referred to as his marriage to Rosalynn the “most vital factor in my life” throughout an interview with Good Morning America.
“We’ve survived this lengthy collectively as a result of to start with, we give one another loads of area to do our personal factor,” he added. “[But, we still] share as a lot as we presumably can. … For 75 years of marriage, we’ve all the time gone deeper in our love for each other. I feel that’s a type of extraordinary factor. Doesn’t occur to very many {couples}, but it surely actually occurred to us.”
Scroll beneath to relive Jimmy and Rosalynn’s decades-long relationship:
