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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 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 .
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.
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.
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The governor-elect has pledged to make Helene recovery in the mountains his foremost priority when he takes office. He will succeed Gov. Roy Cooper, who leaves office after two terms. Stein also ...
Several of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s state staff workers have resigned, reports Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan. The announcement follows a weekend exodus of his campaign staff, who resigned amid a ...
Michael Francis Easley (born March 23, 1950) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 72nd governor of North Carolina from 2001 to 2009. He is the first [1] [2] governor of North Carolina to have been convicted of a felony. [3] The conviction was later expunged by the Chief Judge of the Superior Court of Wake County.