George A. Schilling (1850 - 1936) was a prominent American union leader and socialist in the late nineteenth century. From 1865 to the 1890s, Schilling worked in Chicago for the Arbeiter Zeitung, a German-language newspaper with socialist (and later, anarchist) leanings. He made his mark in the Chicago labor movement as a member of the cooper's union and a leader of the Knights of Labor. In 1886 he was a prominent supporter of the Labor Party in Illinois. In 1886, the Labor Party endorsed John Altgeld for a judgeship, which Altgeld won.[1] In 1892, Schilling endorsed Altgeld in a successful race for Governor of Illinois.[2] In 1893, he was appointed by Governor Atgeld as secretary on the State Board of Labor Commissioners, and in 1903 he was appointed by Atgeld to the Chicago Board of Local Improvements.[1]