Gomes Jardim

José Gomes de Vasconcelos Jardim (1 January 1773 – 1 December 1854) was a Brazilian farmer, freemason, medical 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.

Gomes Jardim participated in the rebellion from the beginning. After Bento Gonçalves was imprisoned after the Battle of Fanfa, 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 listed as a historical landmark 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.