Jim Nance McCord Democratic Gordon Browning Democratic The 1948 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1948.

In the hardly fought primary, Browning comfortably defeated Governor Jim Nance McCord.

[1] In the general election, Browning easily defeated Republican nominee Roy Acuff, a famous country musician, with 66.9% of the vote.

He lost his re-election primary in 1938, and he failed the first time to defeat Governor McCord in 1946.

Primary elections were held on August 4, 1948.