| Election Name: | 1996 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Country: | Tennessee |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1994 United States Senate special election in Tennessee |
| Previous Year: | 1994 (special) |
| Next Election: | 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
| Election Date: | November 5, 1996 |
| Nominee1: | Fred Thompson |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,091,554 |
| Percentage1: | 61.37% |
| Nominee2: | Houston Gordon |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 654,937 |
| Percentage2: | 36.82% |
| U.S. Senator | |
| Before Election: | Fred Thompson |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Fred Thompson |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 62.77% [1] 6.15 pp |
The 1996 Tennessee United States Senate election was held on November 5, 1996, to elect the U.S. Senator from the state of Tennessee. Republican Senator Fred Thompson ran for re-election to a full six-year term. Thompson defeated the Democratic challenger, Covington lawyer Houston Gordon in the general election. This is the last time that Tennessee voted for a Senate candidate and a presidential candidate of different political parties.