Simeon Peter Shope (December 3, 1837 – January 23, 1920) was an American attorney and politician from Ohio.

Coming to Illinois as a small child, Shope worked on the family farm before become a teacher.

When he was sixteen, he taught classes in Marshall County, Illinois, focusing on Latin and German.

[1] Later in 1856, Shope moved to Lewistown to establish a law partnership with future US Representative Lewis Winans Ross.

In 1885, Shope was elected to the Supreme Court of Illinois, replacing the seat briefly held by Damon G. Tunnicliff, himself filling the unexpired term of Pinckney H. Walker.

[1] Shope married Sarah M. Jones in 1858 and had two children, son Clarence W. and daughter Mabel Ray.