William Carroll Democratic-Republican Sam Houston Democratic The 1827 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between 2 and 3 August 1827 in order to elect the governor of Tennessee.

Democratic candidate and former Jacksonian member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 7th district Sam Houston defeated Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee's 5th district Newton Cannon and former Democratic-Republican governor Willie Blount.

[1] On election day, 2 August 1827, Democratic candidate Sam Houston won the election by a margin of 11,314 votes against his foremost opponent and fellow Democratic-Republican candidate Newton Cannon, thereby gaining Democratic control over the office of governor.

Houston was sworn in as the 6th governor of Tennessee on 1 October 1827.

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