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George Washington Shonk (April 26, 1850 – August 14, 1900) was aRepublican member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania.
Born inPlymouth, 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 atWyoming Seminary inKingston, Pennsylvania. In 1873, he graduated fromWesleyan University inMiddletown, Connecticut.In 1876, after studying law, he was admitted to the bar ofLuzerne County, Pennsylvania, after which he practiced law inWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.
Shonk married Ida Elizabeth Klotz (1856–1911) on August 11, 1880. They were the parents of New York AssemblymanHerbert B. Shonk (1881–1930), and Emily Weaver Shonk (1885–1974).
Shonk was elected as a Republican to theFifty-second Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892, and resumed the practice of his profession in Wilkes-Barre.
He also became interested incoal mining in Pennsylvania.
Shonk died on a business trip toWashington, D.C., on August 14, 1900. He was buried in theShawnee Cemetery, Plymouth, Pennsylvania.
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