United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.036371977U.S. president Jimmy Carter (right) meets with Hamilton Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in 1977. Jordan served as Carter's chief of staff from 1977 to 1980.Photograph of U.S. president Jimmy Carter (right) meeting with Hamilton Jordan in the Oval Office of the White House in 1977. Jordan served as Carter's chief of staff from 1977 to 1980.A self-described "political animal," Hamilton Jordan was among the most influential, and controversial, of U.S. president Jimmy Carter's inner circle of political advisors. He suffered multiple bouts with cancer after leaving the White House, and thereafter distinguished himself as an effective advocate for cancer research and treatment.image/jpeghttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/hamilton-jordan-1944-2008Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/government-politics/hamilton-jordan-1944-2008Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaPolitical consultants--Washington (D.C.)Politicians--Washington (D.C.)Presidents--United StatesDesks--Washington (D.C.)Offices--Washington (D.C.)Flags--United StatesPresidents--StaffAuthors, American--Washington (D.C.)Oval Office (White House, Washington, D.C.)Jordan, HamiltonCarter, Jimmy, 1924-Hamilton Jordan and Jimmy CarterStillImage