Elmer Robinson

Elmer Edwin Robinson (October 3, 1894–June 7, 1982) was the 33rd mayor of San Francisco, California. A Republican, he served as San Francisco's mayor from January 1948 until January 1956.

Robinson was born in the Richmond District of San Francisco, but primarily grew up in the northern California town of Fort Bragg. He moved back to San Francisco to attend law school, after which he became a lawyer in the city. He served as a deputy district attorney before working as a civil and criminal attorney in private practice. In 1935, he became a Superior Court judge.

He was elected mayor of San Francisco in November 1947, taking office the following January. He was reelected to another four-year term as mayor in 1951.

While Robinson was mayor, he promoted and oversaw numerous development projects, including an expansion of San Francisco International Airport and the construction of new schools, libraries, police stations, parking garages, and the modernization of the San Francisco Municipal Railway. San Francisco, although relatively prosperous in the boom years after World War II, experienced some population loss to outlying suburban areas during Robinson's terms in office.

Robinson died in Butte County in 1982.