| Election Name: | 1896 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Texas |
| Election Date: | November 3, 1896 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Previous Election: | 1894 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1894 |
| Next Election: | 1898 Texas gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1898 |
| Image1: | File:Charles A. Culberson.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Charles Culberson |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 298,643 |
| Percentage1: | 55.4% |
| Candidate2: | Jerome Kearby |
| Party2: | Populist Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Republican Party (US) |
| Popular Vote2: | 238,325 |
| Percentage2: | 44.2% |
| Map Size: | 330px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Charles Culberson |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Posttitle: | Governor-elect |
| After Election: | Charles Culberson |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1896 Texas gubernatorial election was held to elect the Governor of Texas. Governor Charles Culberson was re-elected to a second term over Jerome C. Kearby, a Populist running with Republican support.
The total vote recorded in the general election was nearly 540,000 and the most for any Texas election until the 1918 Democratic Party primary.[1]