| Election Name: | 1797 Georgia gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Georgia (U.S. state) |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1795 Georgia gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1795 |
| Next Election: | 1799 Georgia gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1799 |
| Election Date: | 11 January 1798 |
| Nominee1: | James Jackson |
| Party1: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Percentage1: | 100.00% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Jared Irwin |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | James Jackson |
| After Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
The 1797 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on 11 January 1798 in order to elect the Governor of Georgia. Democratic-Republican nominee and former United States Senator from Georgia James Jackson won the election in a Georgia General Assembly vote as he ran unopposed.[1]
On election day, 11 January 1798, Democratic-Republican nominee James Jackson won the election as he ran unopposed. Jackson was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Georgia on 12 January 1798.