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. Asheville historian Foster Sondley wrote that no reports of elected officials were kept until 1845.

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.

Year in office Mayor Vice or assistant mayorReferences1842James McConnell Smith18xx ?James Washington Patton (1803–1861)1845Isaac B. SawyerJuly 24, 1849 – March 28, 1855James McConnell Smith1857–1858Isaac B. Sawyer1860Edward James Aston1861Isaac B. Sawyer1862–1866Edward James Aston1866Montroville Patton1866J. M. Israel1867–1868Oscar Eastman1868S. G. Kerr 1869 Thomas D. Johnston1870M. E. Carter1871John Jones 1872–1874 J. E. Rankin1875W. L. Hilliard1876J. E. Rankin1877–1881A. T. Summey1882–1883Virgil S. Lusk1884–1886Edward James Aston1887–1888Herschel S. Harkins1889–1893Charles D. Blanton1893–1894Thomas Walton PattonEd Hay1895Theodore Fulton Davidson1896William J. Cocke1897J. E. Rankin1898F. M. Miller1899–1900W. A. Blair1901–1902F. M. Miller1903–1904C. T. Rawls1905–1906Alfred Smith Barnard1907–1910John A. Campbell1911–1919J. E. Rankin1919–1923Edward Gallatin Roberts1923–1927John H. Cathey1927– December 11, 1930Edward Gallatin RobertsDecember 1930Harry W. Plummer1931–1933Otis Green1933–1934Wickes WamboltA. C. Avery1935–December 1938Robert M. WellsHolmes BrysonDecember 1938 – 1941Holmes BrysonL. Lyons Lee1941–1947L. Lyons LeeJames E. Divelbiss 1947–1951Clarence E. MorganFred L. Seeley Jr. (1947–1948)1951–1969Earl W. Eller 1969–1971 Wayne S. Montgomery 1971–1975 Richard A. Wood Jr. Calvin W. Marshall1975–1977Eugene C. OchsenreiterBill B. Horton1977–1983Roy TranthamBill B. Horton (1977–1978)Ralph D. Morris (1979–1981)Norma Price (1981–1982) 1983–1984 Larry McDevitt Wilhelmina Bratton1985–1988W. Louis BissetteMary Lloyd Frank (1985–1986)Kenneth Michalove (1987–1988)1989–1992Kenneth M. MichaloveWilliam G. Moore (1989–1990)Eugene W. Ellison (1991–1992) 1993–1996 Russell Martin Chris Peterson (1993–1994)Barbara Field (1995–1996)1997–2001Leni SitnickEdward C. Hay Jr.M. Charles Cloninger (1999–2000)2001–2005Charles WorleyTerry Bellamy (2001–2002)R. Carl Mumpower (2003–2004)2005–2013Terry BellamyHolly Jones (2005–2006)Jan Davis (2007–December 2010)Brownie Newman (December 2010 – 2011)Esther Manheimer (2012–2013)2013–present (2025)Esther ManheimerMarc Hunt (2013–2015)Gwen Wisler (2015–2019)Sheneika Smith (2021)Sandra Kilgore (2022–2023)

See also Timeline of Asheville, North Carolina

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