Jimmy Carter was the president of the US.
Jimmy Carter . Despite being little-known outside of Georgia at the start of the campaign , Carter won the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination . During Carter 's term as President , two new cabinet-level departments , the Department of Energy and the Department of Education , were established . In 2012 , he surpassed Herbert Hoover as the longest-retired president in U.S. history , and he is also the first president to mark the 40th anniversary of his inauguration .