The 1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place from August 4–5, 1803. In 1801 former governor, John Sevier was forced to leave office as he had reached his three consecutive term limits. In 1803, however, he was qualified to run for re-election and ran against the incumbent governor, Archibald Roane, and defeated him in with 57.93% of the vote.

1803 Tennessee gubernatorial election

← 1801 August 4–5, 1803[1] 1805 →

Nominee John Sevier Archibald Roane Party Democratic-Republican Democratic-Republican Popular vote 6,780 4,923 Percentage 57.93% 42.07%

Governor before election Archibald Roane Democratic-Republican Elected Governor John Sevier Democratic-Republican

This was the first Tennessee gubernatorial election that did not unanimously elect a governor.