Arthur N. Daniels

Arthur N. Daniels (Oct. 31, 1860 - Jan. 1, 1903) was the first House speaker of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature and a member of the Oklahoma People's Party.

An Illinois native, Daniels arrived in Oklahoma Territory and took part in the Land Run of 1889. He was elected to the First Territorial Legislature of 1890 and chosen by fellow lawmakers to serve as the speaker of the Territorial House of Representatives. As a leader of a coalition of Populists, Democrats, and renegade Republicans, Daniels helped locate what would become Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. He arrived in Oklahoma Territory in 1889, the year of the land run.

Daniels was a member of The People's Party, which rose during the Territorial era. Many Populist legislators were simple farmers