George Washington Robinson (May 14, 1814 – February 10, 1878)[1] was a leader during the early history of the Latter Day Saint movement being the first secretary to the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
George Washington Robinson was born in Pawlet, Rutland County, Vermont.
Robinson was released from his recorder and secretarial duties in 1840 when he moved from Nauvoo across the Mississippi River to Iowa.
During the 1844 succession crisis, Robinson supported the leadership aspirations of his father-in-law Sidney Rigdon.
In 1847, Robinson followed the advice of Rigdon and moved from Nauvoo to Friendship, New York, where in 1864 he founded the First National Bank.