| Election Name: | 1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1876 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1876 |
| Next Election: | 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1880 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1878 |
| Image1: | File:Albert Smith Marks, Tennessee Governor.jpg |
| Nominee1: | Albert S. Marks |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 89,958 |
| Percentage1: | 60.03% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | James D. Porter |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Albert S. Marks |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Nominee2: | Eli M. Wight |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 42,284 |
| Percentage2: | 28.69% |
| Nominee3: | Richard M. Edwards |
| Party3: | Greenback Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 15,155 |
| Percentage3: | 10.28% |
| Image3: | File:3x4.svg |
The 1878 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1878, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic governor James D. Porter did not seek re-election. Democratic candidate Albert S. Marks was elected with 60.03% of the vote.[1] [2] [3]
Marks was the first lifelong Democrat to be elected after the Civil War (his two predecessors, John C. Brown and James D. Porter, had been Whigs before the war).
(Percentages rounded to nearest 1/100, will not add up fully to 100%)