Summers T. Hardy (May 23, 1875 – October 18, 1950) was a native of Arkansas who came to Indian Territory in with his family in 1892, settling in what would become Ardmore, Oklahoma. He read law and passed the bar exam in 1897, then entered private law practice in Ardmore and Madill, Oklahoma. Hardy met a young woman from Texas in Ardmore named Laura Scribner, whom he married in 1900. He got into local politics and was elected as a delegate to the Oklahoma Constitutional Convention in 1906. He was named President of the Madill City School board in 1907-1908. He ran for a District 16 judgeship in Marshall County and won, serving 1911-1913, then served briefly in District 29 in 1914.