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)
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.
University of Minnesota Professor Larry Jacobs, who worked closely with Mondale, spoke with MPR News guest host Emily Reese about Mondale and Carter’s relationship.
The world is reflecting on former President Jimmy Carter’s legacy after he passed away on Sunday, Dec. 29, at 100 years old.
As 39th president, Carter appointed several Minnesotans, including Bob Bergland, of Roseau, as secretary of agriculture.
Before Walter Mondale died in 2021, he wrote a eulogy for Jimmy Carter, who outlived the former vice president from Minnesota.
Ted was only made aware of the eulogy after his father passed in 2021, and will speak at Carter's funeral service on Thursday in the nation's Capital. The final eulogy is still be
Ted Mondale, son of former Vice President Walter Mondale, Jill Stuckey, Carter National Historical Park Superintendent, and historian Jon Meacham join Andrea Mitchell to reflect on the extraordinary life of President Jimmy Carter.
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.
Federal offices, the postal service and stock markets will be closed for the National Day of Mourning for the late former President Jimmy Carter.
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.