| Honorific-Prefix: | President |
| Arthur N. Daniels | |
| Office: | Member of the Oklahoma Territorial Council representing the 7th district |
| Term Start: | 1890 |
| Term End: | 1893 |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Successor: | L. G. Pitman |
| Birth Place: | Marion County, Tennessee |
| Nationality: | American |
| Party: | People's Party |
George W. Gardenhire (Oct. 4, 1841 - Dec. 19, 1905)[1] was the first President of the Senate in the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature and a member of the Oklahoma's People's Party.
Born in 1841 in Marion County, Tennessee, Gardenhire moved to Lawrence County, Arkansas with his family when he was 10.[2]
Gardenhire served in the Civil War for several years and returned to Arkansas where he married Rebecca James in 1866.[2] He moved to Cowley County, Kansas in 1869. He moved to Payne County, Oklahoma in 1889.[2]
Gardenhire is best known for pushing through a compromise bill that set up what would become Oklahoma State University - Stillwater.[3]
Gardenhire was a Populist Party legislator, the only one on the council of the first Oklahoma Territorial Legislature. However, he was elected president,[4] due to the division of the legislature among Republicans and Democrats.[2]
Gardenhire also helped organize the Farmer's Alliance in Kansas during his time there.[2]