George Rumsey Sheldon (April 16, 1857 – January 14, 1919) was an American banker who served as treasurer of the Republican National Committee.

[7] Immediately after Harvard, Sheldon started in banking, and opened his own firm in New York City, gradually branching out into other enterprises and becoming closely associated with J. Pierpont Morgan.

[9] He was also part of what became known as the Grape Sugar Trust, along with Hiram Bond, Thomas C. Platt, and his brother-in-law, William W.

Mary was the first female president of the New York Philharmonic and is credited with reorganizing the orchestra into a modern institution in 1909 and hiring Gustav Mahler.

[21] Sheldon died on January 14, 1919, in Carbondale in Jackson County, Illinois, from injuries he suffered when inspecting a coal mine there.