Col. George Washington Kavanaugh (May 22, 1862 – September 6, 1951) was an American politician and businessman originally from Waterford, New York.
His younger brother was Frederick W. Kavanaugh, who served in the New York State Senate from 1921 to 1924 and owned significant real estate, including a hotel in Cody, Wyoming (named for his friend, William "Buffalo Bill" Cody); after years of ill-health, Frederick committed suicide in 1940.
In the fall of that year, he was elected to the New York State Assembly from Saratoga County by a plurality of approximately 4,500.
After his marriage, the Kavanaughs moved into an elegant eight-story Beaux-Arts townhouse at 10 East 62nd Street and soon began to appear in the Society columns.
[12] After a funeral at Christ Methodist Church at 60th Street and Park Avenue, he was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.