Christopher H. Shays (born October 18, 1945) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the 4th District of Connecticut.

Shays was the only Republican congressman from New England elected to the 110th United States Congress in the 2006 midterm elections. His loss to Jim Himes in the 2008 election makes New England's House delegation entirely Democratic in the 111th Congress. He was the most senior member of House of Representatives to be defeated in the 2008 election.

On May 12th, 2009, Shays was elected to the Board of Directors for the CIT Group, a New Jersey based commercial finance company.