George Washington Richardson (October 28, 1808 – June 19, 1886) was an American politician who served as the Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts, and twice as mayor of Worcester, Massachusetts.

[1] He graduated from Harvard College in 1829[1] along with classmates that included William Henry Channing, James Freeman Clarke, Benjamin Robbins Curtis, George T. Davis, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Isaac Edward Morse, Benjamin Peirce, Samuel Francis Smith, and Charles Storer Storrow.

[2] Richardson married Lucy Dana White, of Watertown, Massachusetts, on January 6, 1836.

Richardson served as the Sheriff of Worcester County, Massachusetts from 1854 to 1856.

[1] In December 1856 Richardson was elected the seventh mayor of Worcester with a majority of 55 votes.