1922 Tennessee gubernatorial election

1922 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 1920 November 7, 1922 1924 →
 
Nominee Austin Peay Alfred A. Taylor
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 141,012 102,586
Percentage 57.89% 42.11%

County results
Peay:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Taylor:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

Governor before election

Alfred A. Taylor
Republican

Elected Governor

Austin Peay
Democratic

The 1922 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1922. Democratic nominee Austin Peay defeated incumbent Republican governor Alfred A. Taylor with 57.9% of the vote.

Peay narrowly won the Democratic primary against Benton McMillin, defeating him by a little over 2%. With this win, Peay flipped the state back into Democratic control, with the state legislature also being controlled by Democrats. This is the last time that an incumbent governor of Tennessee lost reelection.