Former President Jimmy Carter will lie in state at the US Capitol before his state funeral in Washington, DC, and burial in Georgia.

The former president's coffin, draped in the American flag, was carried up the steps of the Capitol and into the Rotunda.

The 39th U.S. president was ceremoniously brought from the U.S. Navy Memorial to the Capitol rotunda on Tuesday, Jan. 7, so that mourners can pay their respectsJimmy Carter has arrived at the United States Capitol one last time.

On Thursday, late President Carter is set to depart the U.S. Capitol at 9 a.m. and travel to the Washington National Cathedral for a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. followed by the National Funeral Services at 10 a.m. Then, Carter and his family will return to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, where they will board back to Georgia.

Former President Jimmy Carter is lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on Tuesday before a funeral service later this week. Follow for live news updates.

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The Capitol has a more expansive policy for lying in state. Congressman Henry Clay, in 1852, was the first to lie in the Capitol Rotunda. FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover lay in the Capitol in 1972. Police officers killed in 1998 while protecting the Capitol also lay in state there. Sen. John McCain lay in state after his death earlier this year.

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Former President Jimmy Carter's funeral services were held at the National Cathedral, attended by former presidents and dignitaries.