Robert Love Taylor Democratic Benton McMillin Democratic The 1898 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1898.

Incumbent Democratic governor Robert Love Taylor did not seek re-election.

In 1897, McMillin sought the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by the death of Isham G. Harris.

Failing to garner any support, he then sought and successfully obtained the Democratic nomination for governor the following year in the race to succeed the popular governor Robert Love Taylor.

McMillin won by a large margin on election day, with 105,640 votes to 72,611 for Republican candidate James Alexander Fowler, 2,428 for Populist candidate W.D.