Jimmy Carter was the 39th president of the United States. He succeeded Gerald Ford. Carter was in office between 1977 and 1981. Prior to serving as president, he had been a peanut farmer, governor of Georgia, and member of Georgia's state senate. Carter's domestic policies were more conservative than many of the Democrats who came before him. Despite this, he proposed rather progressive energy and economic policy in order to combat the energy crisis. Congress didn't support many of President Carter's plans. Carter's main foreign policy success was the Camp David Accords, which established a lasting peace between Anwar Sadat of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel. Carter lost the 1980 presidential election to Ronald Reagan largely due to his failed domestic policies. (The Iran hostage crisis played a role, as well.) After he left the presidency, he embarked on a long and distinguished career as a humanitarian.