George Washington Shell (November 13, 1831 – December 15, 1899) was a U.S. Representative from South Carolina.

He entered the Confederate States Army as a private in April 1861 and served throughout the Civil War, attaining the rank of captain.

In 1875, he and his brother were charged with the assassination of politician Joseph Crews;[2] a jury acquitted them both after a half-hour of deliberation.

He served as chairman of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics (Fifty-third Congress).

He retired to his plantation near Laurens, South Carolina, and died there December 15, 1899.