Education
He attended Peekskill Military Academy and Charlottesville University Mechanics Institute, and then became a carpenter.
He attended Peekskill Military Academy and Charlottesville University Mechanics Institute, and then became a carpenter.
George West. Robertson (October 19, 1838 in New York City – September 17, 1906 in Peekskill, Westchester County, New York) was an American manufacturer and politician from New New York During the American Civil War, he fought with the 71st New York Volunteers. After the war he engaged in the manufacture of stoves in Peekskill.
He was President of the Village of Peekskill from 1897 to 1899.
He died on September 17, 1906, at his home in Peekskill, New York, "after a long illness, from paralysis", and was buried at the Hillside Cemetery in Cortlandt Manor.
Robertson was a member of the New York State Assembly (Westchester Company, 3rd Doctorate) in 1882. He was a member of the New York State Senate (15th Doctorate) in 1894 and 1895, and was a member of the Lexow Committee.