Carter will remain at the Capitol until Thursday morning, when he is transported to Washington National Cathedral for a state funeral.

The public will be able to pay their respects to the 39th president at the U.S. Capitol until his state funeral Thursday morning.

Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation's capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returned to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting Tuesday. Carter’s remains, which had been lying in repose at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday,