Presidency of Jimmy Carter taken on the eve of the election showed a close race, Reagan won a decisive victory. In polls of historians and political scientists, Carter is usually ranked as a below-average president. Carter was elected as the Governor of Georgia in 1970, and during his four years in office he earned a reputation as a progressive, racially moderate Southern governor. Observing George McGovern's success in the 1972 Democratic primaries, Carter came to believe that he could win the 1976 Democratic presidential nomination by running as an outsider unconnected to establishment politicians in Washington, D.C. Despite scant backing from party leaders, McGovern
Jimmy Governor declared in NSW. Jimmy was captured by locals near Wingham on the Manning River on 27 October, and Joe was shot dead north of Singleton on 31 October 1900. Jimmy Governor was tried for murder in November 1900, and hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol on 18 January 1901. Jack Underwood was tried at Dubbo for the murder of Percy Mawbey, and found guilty. Underwood was hanged at Dubbo Gaol on 14 January 1901. Jimmy Governor was born about 1875 to Thomas (Tommy) Grosvenor, whose name became known as Governor, and Annie Fitzgerald, near Denison Town in the Talbragar region. The land