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Former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100, is expected to be laid to rest in the Capitol Rotunda in January, Fox News has learned.
Officials have not yet announced the exact dates Carter’s body will be in the Rotunda. The New York Times reported that the 39th president is expected to hold state funerals at both the Georgia State Capitol and the US Capitol before a state funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral.
Former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in January 2022 was the latest statesman to lie. Twelve US presidents have lain in state, starting with former President Abraham Lincoln. The last US president to lie in a grave was former President George HW Bush, who died in November 2018.
Multiple commemorations of Carter’s death are expected in the coming days. The Carter Center said Sunday that events were expected in Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Carter was from Plains, Georgia.
JIMMY CARTER, 39TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, DEAD AT 100.
Former President Jimmy Carter discusses 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 underway,” 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 health problems, including cancer that spread to his 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 prompted an outpouring of condolences from both sides of the political spectrum, with President-elect Trump writing that Americans “owe [Carter] debt of gratitude.”
LEGACY OF JIMMY, ROSALYNN CARTER HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WILL CONTINUE, ORGANIZATION SAYS
Carter served two terms as a state senator from Georgia from 1963 to 1967 and one term as governor of Georgia from 1971 to 1975 before being elected as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. (Archive photos)
“Those of us who have been fortunate enough to serve 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,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on 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 for me, but for everyone who believes in peace, human rights and selfless love,” the statement said. “My brothers, sister and I shared it with the rest of the world through these shared 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 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 on plans for a funeral and ceremony for Carter is expected in the coming days.
