| Election Name: | 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1880 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1880 |
| Next Election: | 1884 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1884 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 1882 |
| Image1: | File:Bate-william-brimage-by-george-drury.jpg |
| Nominee1: | William B. Bate |
| Party1: | Low Tax Democrat |
| Popular Vote1: | 120,637 |
| Percentage1: | 52.85% |
| Nominee2: | Alvin Hawkins |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 93,168 |
| Percentage2: | 40.81% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Alvin Hawkins |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | William B. Bate |
| After Party: | Low Tax Democrat |
| Colour1: | DA70D6 |
The 1882 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1882, to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Republican Governor Alvin Hawkins lost re-election against Democratic nominee and former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives William B. Bate.[1] [2]
William B. Bate was sworn in as the 23rd Governor of Tennessee on 15 January 1883.[3]
Although Hawkins failed to win re-election, he was praised by members of both parties for running an honest government, helping to erase the stigma attached to the Republican Party as a result of the Brownlow administration's radical post-war policies.[4] Hawkins also enacted several judicial and educational reforms.[5]