Paul Fornshell Schenck (April 19, 1899 – November 30, 1968) was an American educator and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Ohio from 1951 to 1965.

In September 1935, during the Great Depression, he established his own real estate, mortgage loan, and insurance business.

[citation needed] He began his public service career when he was elected to the Dayton Board of Education, serving from 1941 to 1950 and president for seven years.

He was nominated by the Republican party to run for Congress from Ohio's third congressional district in 1950, but was defeated by incumbent Edward G. Breen.

Schenck, a member of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, introduced a bill in 1957 that would have prohibited the sale of vehicles discharging hydrocarbons in levels found dangerous by the Surgeon General.