Guy L. Shaw

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, the son of Fred Shaw and Clara (née Sanderson) Shaw. 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.

Shaw was a Republican. He was a delegate to the 1920 and 1922 Illinois Constitutional Convention, from the 30th district.

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. with whom he had two children. He was Christian, as well as a member of the Freemasons, the Scottish Rite, and the Shriners. He died on May 19, 1950, aged 69, in Normal, and was buried at the Evergreen Cemetery, in Bloomington.