George W. Shonk

George Washington Shonk (April 26, 1850 – August 14, 1900) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.

Born in Plymouth, Pennsylvania, on April 26, 1850, the son of John Jenks Shonk, a mine operator, and his wife, Amanda Davenport, George Shonk attended Plymouth's public schools, and prepared for college at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania.

Shonk married Ida Elizabeth Klotz (1856–1911) on August 11, 1880.

He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892, and resumed the practice of his profession in Wilkes-Barre.

Shonk died on a business trip to Washington, D.C., on August 14, 1900.