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In 1964, during the administration of Governor Terry Sanford, the Asheville Chamber of Commerce donated the residence to the state government with the hope that the governors would spend more time, and pay more attention to, Western North Carolina. [1] The 6,000-square-foot (560 m 2) mansion sits on 18 acres (73,000 m 2) of land. [3]
The governor of North Carolina is the head of government of the U.S. state of North Carolina and commander-in-chief of the state's military forces. There have been 70 governors of North Carolina, with six serving non-consecutive terms, totaling 76 terms. The current governor is Democrat Josh Stein, who took office on January 1, 2025.
The office of governor is the oldest public office in the state of North Carolina. Historians trace its origins to the appointment of Ralph Lane as the governor of the Roanoke Colony in 1585. [ 2 ] From 1622 to 1731, the Province of Carolina / Province of North Carolina had governors appointed by the colony's lords proprietors .
Gov. Josh Stein takes the oath of office in a ceremony in the State Capitol building in Raleigh on Jan. 1, 2025, with his wife Anne at his side and outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper, rear, looking on.
A release from the White House says, “The Council of Governors was established by the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008 and formally created by Executive Order 13528 in 2010.
The body has its origin in the British colonial government of North Carolina. Under North Carolina's first constitution as a U.S. state, the Council of State comprised seven persons elected by the North Carolina General Assembly to advise the governor. The 1868 constitution redefined the Council of State as the secretary of state, state ...
The names of those who resigned represent half of Robinson’s staff in the lieutenant governor’s office. Robinson is the GOP candidate in the North Carolina governor’s race against Democratic ...
Roy Asberry Cooper III was born in Nashville, North Carolina, on June 13, 1957, to Beverly Thorne (née Batchelor) (1929–2013), a teacher and Roy Asberry Cooper II (1927–2015), a lawyer and Democratic Party operative who was a close advisor to Jim Hunt; he later co-chaired Hunt's successful 1976 gubernatorial campaign.