George Washington Kirchwey (July 3, 1855 – March 3, 1942) was an American lawyer, politician, journalist and legal scholar.

He ran on the Progressive and Independence League tickets for the New York Court of Appeals in 1912, but lost to Democrat John W. Hogan.

He became an associate editor of the American Journal of International Law, president of the New York Society of Criminal Law and Sociology, and a commissioner on prison reform for the State of New York.

Kirchwey was married to Dora Child Wendell and had four children.

His daughter Freda Kirchwey was a longtime editor of The Nation magazine.