The 1821 Tennessee gubernatorial election was held between August 2 and 3 in 1821 in order to elect the Governor of Tennessee. Democratic-Republican nominee and Major General William Carroll defeated Edward Ward. As of June 1821 the Knoxville Register listed Robert Weakley as a candidate as well.
On election day, August 2, 1821, Democratic-Republican candidate William Carroll won the election by a margin of 32,234 votes against his opponent Edward Ward, thereby retaining Democratic-Republican control over the office of Governor. Carroll was sworn in as the 5th Governor of Tennessee on October 1, 1821.