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1896 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election

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Who won the 1896 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election?

Robert Love Taylor won the 1896 Tennessee Gubernatorial Election. Robert Love Taylor received 156,227 popular votes (48.75%). The main challenger was G. N. Tillman (46.61%).

See the full head-to-head between Taylor and Tillman

Taylor +2.1 pts · won by 6,853 votes
Robert Love TaylorDemocraticWINNER48.75%
156,227 votes
G. N. TillmanRepublican46.61%
149,374 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 4.6% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for governor elections are compiled from official state results (via Wikipedia); Louisiana shows the decisive round of its jungle primary.

Data last verified July 28, 2026.