| Election Name: | 1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1825 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1825 |
| Next Election: | 1829 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1829 |
| Election Date: | August 2–3, 1827 |
| Nominee1: | Sam Houston |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 44,243 |
| Percentage1: | 56.04% |
| Nominee2: | Newton Cannon |
| Party2: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 32,929 |
| Percentage2: | 41.71% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | William Carroll |
| Before Party: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| After Election: | Sam Houston |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Colour2: | 808080ff |
| Nominee3: | Willie Blount |
| Party3: | Democratic-Republican Party |
| Image3: | File:Willie-blount-wb-cooper.jpg |
| Popular Vote3: | 1,784 |
| Percentage3: | 2.25% |
| Colour3: | B75CA4 |
The 1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between 2 and 3 August 1827 in order to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic candidate and former Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district Sam Houston defeated Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district Newton Cannon and former Democratic-Republican Governor Willie Blount.[1]
On election day, 2 August 1827, Democratic candidate Sam Houston won the election by a margin of 11,314 votes against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Newton Cannon, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of Governor. Houston was sworn in as the 6th Governor of Tennessee on 1 October 1827.[2]