| Gomes Jardim | |
| Office: | President of the Riograndense Republic |
| Term Start: | 1841 |
| Term End: | 1845 |
| Predecessor: | Bento Gonçalves da Silva |
| Successor: | Office abolished |
| Office2: | Vice-president of the Riograndense Republic |
| President2: | Bento Gonçalves da Silva |
| Term Start2: | 1836 |
| Term End2: | 1841 |
| Predecessor2: | Office created |
| Spouse: | Isabel Leonor Ferreira Leitão |
| Birth Date: | 1 January 1773 |
| Birth Place: | Triunfo, Rio Grande do Sul, State of Brazil |
José Gomes de Vasconcelos Jardim (1 January 1773 – 1 December 1854) was a Brazilian farmer, freemason, doctor, and militant. He was the president of the Riograndense Republic during the Ragamuffin War, succeeding his cousin Bento Gonçalves da Silva on an interim basis until the end of the war and the dissolution of the republic.[1] [2]
Gomes Jardim participated in the rebellion from the beginning. The plans to capture the city of Porto Alegre, which started the war, were made on his property in the estancia of Pedras Brancas, around what is now the city of Guaíba. Local legend often recalled that the plans were made under the shade of the Farroupilha Cypress on 19 September 1835.[3] After Bento Gonçalves was imprisoned on Fanfa island, Gomes Jardim took up the role as president on an interim basis. Bento Gonçalves later died in Gomes Jardim's house on 18 July 1847. The house was later destroyed by the Institute of Artistic and Historical Heritage of Rio Grande do Sul on 30 November 1994.
Gomes Jardim was married to Isabel Leonor Ferreira Leitão, whose father Antônio Ferreira Leitão owned the land that would later become Guaíba.