| Election Name: | 1952 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | Presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1950 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 1950 |
| Next Election: | 1954 Tennessee gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 1954 |
| Election Date: | November 4, 1952 |
| Image1: | File:Frank Clement 1958 (cropped, 3x4).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Frank G. Clement |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 640,290 |
| Percentage1: | 79.37% |
| Nominee2: | R. Beecher Witt |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 166,377 |
| Percentage2: | 20.62% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Gordon Browning |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Frank G. Clement |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 1952 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 4, 1952, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. Incumbent Democratic Governor, Gordon Browning was defeated in the primary by Frank G. Clement. In the general election, Clement defeated Republican nominee R. Beecher Witt with 79.4% of the vote.
In the primary election, Clement derided Governor Browning as "dishonest, indecent, and immoral,"[1] and criticized the state's purchase of an expensive office building in Nashville. Browning, nearly twice Clement's age, struggled to adapt to the new medium of television.[2] He lost to Clement in the primary, 302,491 votes to 245,166.
Primary elections were held on August 7, 1952.[3]