Guy L. Shaw

Guy L. Shaw
Shaw, between 1921 and 1922
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Illinois's 20th district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1923
Preceded byHenry Thomas Rainey
Succeeded byHenry Thomas Rainey
Personal details
BornGuy Loren Shaw
(1881-05-16)May 16, 1881
Summer Hill, Illinois, US
DiedMay 19, 1950(1950-05-19) (aged 69)
Normal, Illinois, US
Resting placeEvergreen Cemetery
PartyRepublican
OccupationPolitician, farmer

Guy Loren Shaw (May 16, 1881 – May 19, 1950) was an American politician and farmer. A Republican, he was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.

Biography

Shaw was born on May 16, 1881, on a farm near Summer Hill, Illinois,[1] the son of Fred Shaw and Clara (née Sanderson) Shaw.[2] Educated at public schools, he studied at the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences. He worked as a farmer and helped develop the Illinois River floodplain.[1] During World War I, he volunteered to donate the crops he grew in Cass and Schuyler Counties to the United States Department of Agriculture.[3][4]

Shaw was a Republican. He was a delegate to the 1920 and 1922 Illinois Constitutional Convention, from the 30th district.[2] He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1923, representing Illinois's 20th district.[1] While serving, he was a member of the Committees on Agriculture, on Industrial Affairs, on Labor, and on Qualifications and Election of Delegates.[4] He lost the following election, then lost the election in 1924.[2] Politically, he was conservative.[5]

After serving in Congress, Shaw moved to Normal. He worked as a real estate agent in Beardstown, Normal, and Urbana, and also returned to farming.[1] On September 14, 1910, he married Bessie Dillon,[6] with whom he had two children. He was Christian,[7] as well as a member of the Freemasons, the Scottish Rite, and the Shriners.[2] He died on May 19, 1950, aged 69, in Normal,[1] and was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery, in Bloomington.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Shaw, Guy Loren". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Shaw". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  3. ↑ Convention, Illinois Constitutional (1920). Delegates' Manual of the Fifth Constitutional Convention of the State of Illinois, 1920. Illinois State Journal Company, state printers. p. 209.
  4. 1 2 State, Illinois Office of Secretary of (1921). Blue Book of the State of Illinois. Secretary of State. p. 238.
  5. ↑ "SHAW, Guy Loren (1881-1950)". voteview.com. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  6. ↑ Illinois Alumni News. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, for members of the Alumni Association. 1910. p. 401.
  7. ↑ "Bloomington-Normal Deaths". The Pantagraph. 20 May 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
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