Just after the nation celebrated its bicentennial, Jimmy Carter, a peanut farmer and former governor of Georgia, chose Minnesotan Walter Mondale as his vice presidential running mate. (Kent Kobersteen/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

In his eulogy, Walter Mondale praised Carter for making human rights the linchpin of his foreign policy, for promoting environmental measures and for placing more women in high office than his predecessors, according to the newspaper. That included appointing future Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an appeals judge.

The world is reflecting on former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy after he passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old.

GOLDEN VALLEY, MINN. – The son of former Vice President Walter Mondale will speak Thursday at the funeral for President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will deliver a eulogy for President Carter that was written by his father nearly a decade ago. The Carter Center asked Ted to represent the Mondale family at the state funeral.

As 39th president, Carter appointed several Minnesotans, including Bob Bergland, of Roseau, as secretary of agriculture.

Jimmy Carter’s funeral service at the National Cathedral on Jan. 9 will include a heartfelt eulogy from the grave. Walter Mondale, who was Carter’s running mate in 1976 and again in 1980 ...

The official funeral Jimmy Carter is Thursday and the former president’s vice president, Walter Mondale, was asked to write and give the eulogy. But Mondale passed away before Carter, so his son Ted will deliver it in his place.

Jimmy Carter and Gerald R. Ford faced off in 1976 in a bitter campaign but later bonded as few presidents have — and made a pact to speak at each other’s funerals.

The son of a well-known Minnesotan is traveling to Washington, DC tomorrow (Thursday) to speak at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. Ted Mondale says he will

Ted Mondale will share a eulogy, written by his late-father, during President Jimmy Carter’s funeral in Washington, D.C.

My experience with the Carter/Mondale administration played a pivotal role in my own public and private sector career, especially here in Virginia, for which I’m eternally grateful.