United States (RI) — There was no mail delivery today due to the National Day of Mourning for President Jimmy Carter. After his body lay in state in the Capitol Rotunda, Carter’s funeral was this morning in Washington D.C. His remains are buried at the Carter home and garden, part of Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, in Plains, Georgia.
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley — the only current member of Congress who was serving when Jimmy Carter was president — says Carter was a man of many talents.
Grassley, who turned 91 in September, was born in New Hartford, Iowa and his childhood home did not have electricity or indoor plumbing. Carter’s family home in Plains, Georgia, did not have electricity and running water until Carter was a teenager. Grassley delivered a speech in the US Senate on Wednesday in tribute to Carter.
Grassley praised Carter’s post-presidency work in building homes for the needy.
About 20 years ago, Carter invited Grassley to speak to a Baptist group in Georgia, then Grassley had a private conversation with Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.
Grassley, at the age of 43, was seeking reelection to a second term in the US House when the 52-year-old Carter was seeking the presidency.
Carter died December 29th at the age of 100.
