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List of mayors of Asheville, North Carolina

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]

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 office Mayor Vice or assistant mayor References
1842 James McConnell Smith [4]
18xx ? James Washington Patton (1803–1861) [5]
1845 Isaac B. Sawyer [3]
July 24, 1849 – March 28, 1855 James McConnell Smith [1][2][a]
1857–1858 Isaac B. Sawyer [6][2][b]
1860 Edward James Aston [2]
1861 Isaac B. Sawyer [2]
1862–1866 Edward James Aston [7][8]
1866 Montroville Patton [2][c]
1866 J. M. Israel [2]
1867–1868 Oscar Eastman [9][2][d]
1868 S. G. Kerr [2]
1869 Thomas D. Johnston [10][11][12]
1870 M. E. Carter [2]
1871 John Jones [2]
1872–1874 J. E. Rankin [2][e]
1875 W. L. Hilliard [13]
1876 J. E. Rankin [2]
1877–1881 A. T. Summey [14][15][2][f]
1882–1883 Virgil S. Lusk [16][17]
1884–1886 Edward James Aston [18][19][8]
1887–1888 Herschel S. Harkins [20][21]
1889–1893 Charles D. Blanton [22][23][24][25]
1893–1894 Thomas Walton Patton Ed Hay [26][27][28]
1895 Theodore Fulton Davidson [29][30]
1896 William J. Cocke [31][32]
1897 J. E. Rankin [2]
1898 F. M. Miller [2]
1899–1900 W. A. Blair [33][2]
1901–1902 F. M. Miller [34][2]
1903–1904 C. T. Rawls [34][2]
1905–1906 Alfred Smith Barnard [34][2]
1907–1910 John A. Campbell [34][2]
1911–1919 J. E. Rankin [34][2]
1919–1923 Edward Gallatin Roberts [35][11][2]
1923–1927 John H. Cathey [2]
1927– December 11, 1930 Edward Gallatin Roberts [35][11][2][g]
December 1930 Harry W. Plummer [36][37][2]
1931–1933 Otis Green [38][2]
1933–1934 Wickes Wambolt A. C. Avery [39][2]
1935–December 1938 Robert M. Wells Holmes Bryson [2][40][h]
December 1938–1941 Holmes Bryson L. Lyons Lee [2][40][41][42]
1941–1947 L. Lyons Lee James E. Divelbiss [2][43]
1947–1951 Clarence E. Morgan Fred L. Seeley Jr. (1947–1948) [44][2]
1951–1969 Earl W. Eller [11][2][45]
1969–1971 Wayne S. Montgomery [45]
1971–1975 Richard A. Wood Jr. Calvin W. Marshall [45]
1975–1977 Eugene C. Ochsenreiter Bill B. Horton [45]
1977–1983 Roy Trantham Bill B. Horton (1977–1978) [45][46][47]
Ralph D. Morris (1979–1981)
Norma Price (1981–1982)
1983–1984 Larry McDevitt Wilhelmina Bratton [45][47]
1985–1988 W. Louis Bissette Mary Lloyd Frank (1985–1986) [45][47]
Kenneth Michalove (1987–1988)
1989–1992 Kennith M. Michalove William G. Moore (1989–1990) [45][47]
Eugene W. Ellison (1991–1992)
1993–1996 Russell Martin Chris Peterson (1993–1994) [45][47]
Barbara Field (1995–1996)
1997–2001 Leni Sitnick Edward C. Hay Jr. [48][45][49][47]
M. Charles Cloninger (1999–2000)
2001–2005 Charles 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 edit

Notes edit

  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.

References edit

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  43. ^ "Heroes Ball is to be Tonight at Auditorium". The Asheville Times. 1942-07-17. p. 14. Retrieved 2023-11-18 – via Newspapers.com.
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  54. ^ "Council Seated, Wisler Elected Vice May". Asheville Citizen-Times. 2015-12-02. pp. A6. Retrieved 2023-11-19 – via Newspapers.com.
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