| Election Name: | 1886 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Texas |
| Election Date: | November 2, 1886 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1884 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1884 |
| Next Election: | 1888 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1888 |
| Image1: | File:Half portrait of Lawrence Sullivan Ross.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 228,776 |
| Percentage1: | 73.0% |
| Candidate2: | Archelaus M. Cochran |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 65,236 |
| Percentage2: | 20.8% |
| Image3: | File:Ebenezer L. Dohoney.jpg |
| Candidate3: | Ebenezer L. Dohoney |
| Party3: | Prohibition Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 19,186 |
| Percentage3: | 6.1% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John Ireland |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| After Election: | Lawrence Sullivan Ross |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1886 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Lawrence Sullivan Ross was elected in a landslide over opposition from the Republican and Prohibition parties.