George Edwin Cabanis (September 7, 1815 – February 7, 1892) was an American carpenter and builder from Bigpatch, Wisconsin, who served one term as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly representing Grant County's First Assembly district (the Towns of Harrison, Hazel Green, Jamestown, Paris, Platteville and Smelser).
When he was seven years old, his family moved to Sangamon County, Illinois, where they were some of the first white settlers.
During the Black Hawk War in 1832, he volunteered with the brigade of Samuel Whiteside in the Illinois militia.
[2] He did not run for re-election in 1872, and was succeeded by Liberal Reform Party candidate Thomas G. Stephens.
E. Cabanis" who is reported as principal of various area public high schools (Potosi, Mineral Point and Darlington) from 1887 to 1891 is the same man.