List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina

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This is a list of mayors from Asheville, North Carolina. This position was originally called the chairman of the Board of Commissioners but changed to mayor in 1857. [1] [2] Asheville historian Foster Sondley wrote that no reports of elected officials were kept until 1845. [3]

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Mayors were traditionally elected in May; however, the term year is typically the year elected rather than the range from June to May. In the early years, mayors were elected for one-year terms. Later, terms were expanded to two years and, then, to four years. In 1915, the Board of Aldermen was changed to the Board of Commissioners. [2]

Year in officeMayorVice or assistant mayorReferences
1842James McConnell Smith [4]
18xx ?James Washington Patton (1803–1861) [5]
1845Isaac B. Sawyer [3]
July 24, 1849 – March 28, 1855James McConnell Smith [1] [2] [lower-alpha 1]
1857–1858Isaac B. Sawyer [6] [2] [lower-alpha 2]
1860Edward James Aston [2]
1861Isaac B. Sawyer [2]
1862–1866Edward James Aston [7] [8]
1866Montroville Patton [2] [lower-alpha 3]
1866J. M. Israel [2]
1867–1868Oscar Eastman [9] [2] [lower-alpha 4]
1868S. G. Kerr [2]
1869 Thomas D. Johnston [10] [11] [12]
1870M. E. Carter [2]
1871John Jones [2]
1872–1874 J. E. Rankin [2] [lower-alpha 5]
1875W. L. Hilliard [13]
1876 J. E. Rankin [2]
1877–1881A. T. Summey [14] [15] [2] [lower-alpha 6]
1882–1883 Virgil S. Lusk [16] [17]
1884–1886Edward James Aston [18] [19] [8]
1887–1888Herschel S. Harkins [20] [21]
1889–1893Charles D. Blanton [22] [23] [24] [25]
1893–1894Thomas Walton PattonEd Hay [26] [27] [28]
1895Theodore Fulton Davidson [29] [30]
1896William J. Cocke [31] [32]
1897J. E. Rankin [2]
1898F. M. Miller [2]
1899–1900W. A. Blair [33] [2]
1901–1902F. M. Miller [34] [2]
1903–1904C. T. Rawls [34] [2]
1905–1906Alfred Smith Barnard [34] [2]
1907–1910John A. Campbell [34] [2]
1911–1919 J. E. Rankin [34] [2]
1919–1923Edward Gallatin Roberts [35] [11] [2]
1923–1927John H. Cathey [2]
1927– December 11, 1930Edward Gallatin Roberts [35] [11] [2] [lower-alpha 7]
December 1930Harry W. Plummer [36] [37] [2]
1931–1933Otis Green [38] [2]
1933–1934Wickes WamboltA. C. Avery [39] [2]
1935–December 1938Robert M. WellsHolmes Bryson [2] [40] [lower-alpha 8]
December 1938–1941Holmes BrysonL. Lyons Lee [2] [40] [41] [42]
1941–1947L. Lyons LeeJames E. Divelbiss [2] [43]
1947–1951Clarence E. MorganFred L. Seeley Jr. (1947–1948) [44] [2]
1951–1969Earl W. Eller [11] [2] [45]
1969–1971Wayne S. Montgomery [45]
1971–1975Richard A. Wood Jr.Calvin W. Marshall [45]
1975–1977Eugene C. OchsenreiterBill B. Horton [45]
1977–1983Roy TranthamBill B. Horton (1977–1978) [45] [46] [47]
Ralph D. Morris (1979–1981)
Norma Price (1981–1982)
1983–1984Larry McDevittWilhelmina Bratton [45] [47]
1985–1988W. Louis BissetteMary Lloyd Frank (1985–1986) [45] [47]
Kenneth Michalove (1987–1988)
1989–1992Kenneth M. MichaloveWilliam G. Moore (1989–1990) [45] [47]
Eugene W. Ellison (1991–1992)
1993–1996Russell MartinChris Peterson (1993–1994) [45] [47]
Barbara Field (1995–1996)
1997–2001Leni SitnickEdward C. Hay Jr. [48] [45] [49] [47]
M. Charles Cloninger (1999–2000)
2001–2005Charles Worley Terry Bellamy (2001–2002)
R. Carl Mumpower (2003–2004)
2005–2013 Terry Bellamy Holly Jones (2005–2006) [45] [50] [51] [47]
Jan Davis (2007–December 2010)
Brownie Newman (December 2010–2011)
Esther Manheimer (2012–2013)
2013–present (2023) Esther Manheimer Marc Hunt (2013–2015) [52] [53] [54] [47]
Gwen Wisler (2015–2019)
Sheneika Smith (2021)
Sandra Kilgore (2022–2023)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Smith's title was chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
  2. ↑ In 1857, Sawyer became the first to have the title mayor.
  3. ↑ Patton resigned before the end of his term.
  4. ↑ Eastman resigned before the end of his term.
  5. ↑ Rankin was elected in 1872 and re-elected in 1873 and 1874.
  6. ↑ Summey was elected in 1877, 1879, 1889, and 1881.
  7. ↑ Roberts resigned before the end of his term.
  8. ↑ Wells resigned before the end of his term to become the solicitor of the 19th District.

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