| George N. Richmond | |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| State Senate: | Wisconsin |
| District: | 22nd |
| Term Start: | January 7, 1878 |
| Term End: | January 5, 1880 |
| Predecessor: | James Ryan |
| Successor: | Benjamin F. Carter |
| State Assembly1: | Wisconsin |
| District1: | Outagamie |
| Term Start1: | January 5, 1874 |
| Term End1: | January 3, 1876 |
| Predecessor1: | John A. Roemer |
| Successor1: | David Hammel |
| Order2: | 8th & 10th |
| Title2: | Mayor of Appleton, Wisconsin |
| Term Start2: | April 1871 |
| Term End2: | April 1872 |
| Predecessor2: | A. L. Smith |
| Successor2: | Ephriam C. Goff |
| Term Start3: | April 1868 |
| Term End3: | April 1870 |
| Predecessor3: | Robert R. Bateman |
| Successor3: | A. L. Smith |
| Order4: | 5th |
| Title4: | Mayor of Portage, Wisconsin |
| Term Start4: | April 1860 |
| Term End4: | April 1862 |
| Predecessor4: | John P. McGregor |
| Successor4: | Alvin B. Alden |
| Birth Date: | 18 April 1821 |
| Birth Place: | Hillsdale, New York, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Tacoma, Washington, U.S. |
| Restingplace: | Tacoma Cemetery, |
| Occupation: | Paper manufacturer |
| Allegiance: | United States |
| Branch: | United States Volunteers Union Army |
| Rank: | Major, USV |
| Serviceyears: | 1861 - 1864 |
| Unit: | 2nd Reg. Wis. Vol. Cavalry |
| Battles: | American Civil War |
George Nelson Richmond (April 18, 1821January 4, 1896) was an American paper manufacturer and Democratic politician. He served as the 8th and 10th mayor of Appleton, Wisconsin, and 5th mayor of Portage, Wisconsin, and represented Outagamie County for four years in the Wisconsin Legislature. During the American Civil War, he served as a Union Army cavalry officer.
Born in Hillsdale, New York, Richmond was the son of Peleg Sisson Richmond and Margaret (Soule) Richmond. He received an academic education and went into the milling business in Sheffield, Massachusetts. He married Sarah Hillyer (1825–1905) on April 30, 1843. He came to Wisconsin in 1850, and settled in Milwaukee for a while before moving to Portage in 1851 where he served six years on the Portage Common Council and two years as mayor. During the American Civil War, Richmond served in the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment as a company captain and later as major of the 3rd battalion. He participated in the captures of Vicksburg and Jackson, Mississippi, and several minor battles in the western theater of the war.
In 1865, Richmond moved to Appleton. He was twice elected as a Liberal Democrat/Liberal Reform Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from Outagamie County for 1874, and for 1875;[1] [2] served three years as mayor of Appleton, and in 1877 was elected to the Wisconsin State Senate as a Democrat (the Reform Party was dissolving by that point), with 3,658 votes against 1,642 for Greenbacker J. L. Pringle.[3] [4]
He died January 4, 1896, in Tacoma, Washington,[1] [5] and is buried in Tacoma Cemetery.