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Events on Tuesday 2 November 1976 1
1976Jimmy Carter elected US PresidentDemocrat defeats incumbent Gerald FordJimmy Carter, the former governor of Georgia, was elected the 39th President of the United States on 2 November 1976, narrowly defeating incumbent Gerald Ford. Carter campaigned as a Washington outsider in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal. He took office in January 1977.