| Election Name: | 1796 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1792 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1792 |
| Next Election: | 1800 Kentucky gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1800 |
| Election Date: | 27 May 1795 |
| Nominee1: | James Garrard |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
| Electoral Vote1: | No Data |
| Percentage1: | No Data |
| Nominee2: | Benjamin Logan |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican |
| Electoral Vote2: | No Data |
| Percentage2: | No Data |
| Governor | |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | James Garrard |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party (United States) |
The 1796 Kentucky gubernatorial election was held on 27 May 1795 in order to elect the Governor of Kentucky. Democratic-Republican candidate James Garrard was elected on the second ballot by an electoral college vote against fellow Democratic-Republican candidates Benjamin Logan, Thomas Todd and John Brown. The exact results of the second ballot are unknown.[1]
Until 1800, Kentucky elected its governors through electors who were chosen via popular vote from the same districts as the Kentucky House of Representatives.[2]
On election day, 27 May 1795, Democratic-Republican nominee James Garrard won the election after being chosen by an electoral college vote on the second ballot, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Garrard was sworn in as the 2nd Governor of Kentucky on 7 June 1796.[3]