George Washington Shonk

George Washington Shonk ( born April 26, 1850 in Plymouth, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, † August 14 1900 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1891 and 1893 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

George Shonk attended the common schools and Wyoming Seminary in Kingston. Then he studied until 1873 at Wesleyan University in Middletown (Connecticut). After a subsequent law degree in 1876 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started in Wilkes-Barre to work in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1890 Shonk was elected the twelfth electoral district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, where he became the successor of Edwin Sylvanus Osborne on March 4, 1891. Since he verzichtichtete in 1892 on another candidacy, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1893. After his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Shonk again practiced as a lawyer in Wilkes - Barre. He also went into Pennsylvania in the coal mining business. He died on August 14, 1900 during a business trip in the capital Washington and was buried in his native Plymouth.