J. W. Robinson (mayor)
Jeremiah William Robinson (July 18, 1860 – January 13, 1939) was an American politician who served as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1915 to 1916. Robinson was the subject of a successful recall election in 1916 on June 1, and was succeeded by S. H. Hays. Early life and education Born in Owensboro, Kentucky, on July 18, 1860, to parents George H. and Caroline L. (Heard) Robinson, J. W. Robinson was the third of six sons. He was raised on his family's farm and educated in the public school system. After finishing his public school education, he then went on to a college in Carrollton and later attended the National Normal University in Lebanon, Ohio, where he graduated at twenty-one years of age, having completed a scientific course. Career After graduating from college, Robinson worked as a teacher in Kentucky and Tennessee before moving to Kansas City, Missouri, where he was a clerk in a department store for a short time. In 1885, he traveled to Elk City, Kansas, and later to Syracuse, and then to Richfield. While in Syracuse and Richfield, he held bank positions, specifically that of a cashier. Throughout this time, he began to study law was