President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalynn Carter dancing.
US President Jimmy Carter and first lady Rosalynn Carter dance at a White House Congressional Ball in 1978.
  • Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter were married for 77 years before her death in November 2023.
  • It makes them the longest-married presidential couple in US history.
  • They were both from Plains, Georgia, and knew each other since Rosalynn was a newborn.

Jimmy Carter was 3 years old and Rosalynn Smith was a baby when they met for the first time.

They were the longest-wed presidential couple in history, married for 77 years until Rosalynn Carter's death on November 19 at the age of 96.