George Washington Stidham I (November 17, 1817 – March 1891) was an American politician, soldier, farmer and judge.

[1] His father Hopaychutke (died c. 1829) came to the United States from the British Isles and joined the Muscogee Nation.

[2] In 1837, during the Trail of Tears, Stidham and other Native Americans moved to Choska, Oklahoma.

[1][2][3] During the American Civil War, he served in the Confederate States Army, under Albert Pike.

He served as Chief Justice of the Muscogee Nation from 1867, until dying in office in March 1891, aged 73.