Former President Ford and former Vice President Mondale had their eulogies read at the state funeral of former President Carter years after passing away.

A state funeral for the 39th president on Thursday will bring together all five living presidents and feature a eulogy from President Biden.

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and all living former presidents attended the funeral, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Both President-elect Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence also attended, marking the first time the pair were in the same room in four years.

The state funeral of former President Jimmy Carter was held at Washington National Cathedral Thursday on what President Biden proclaimed a national day of mourning.

Jimmy Carter, first former American president to live to 100, was eulogized at Washington National Cathedral on Thursday and will be remembered before a second service and burial back in his Georgia hometown of Plains.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.

On a wintry Thursday morning, mourners and dignitaries gathered at Washington National Cathedral to honor the life of former President Jimmy Carter.

Debby Johnson was Debby Dundas and a high school senior when presidential nominee Jimmy Carter visited Mankato in the fall of 1976.

President Joe Biden speaks at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter in the Washington National Cathedral in Washington DC on Jan. 9, 2025. The 46th and 39th U.S. presidents had a decades-long friendship, starting when Biden, as a young Delaware lawmaker, became the first sitting senator to endorse Carter’s outsider White House bid.

Jimmy Carter, the 39th U.S. President, is being honored with the pageantry of a state funeral in the nation’s capital. He will later be honored a second service and burial in his tiny Georgia hometown that launched a Depression-era farm boy to the world stage.