Lewis C. Branscomb

Lewis C. Branscomb (August 27, 1865 - October 30, 1930) was an American Methodist minister in the U.S. state of Alabama, and the president of the Alabama Anti-Saloon League.

Early life Branscomb was born in 1865 in Union Springs, Alabama. He graduated from Southern University, later known as Birmingham–Southern College, and Emory University, and he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.

Career Branscomb was a Methodist minister in Anniston, Bessemer, Birmingham, Decatur, Huntsville, and Talladega. He served on the boards of trustees of the Woman's College of Alabama, now known as Huntingdon College, and Birmingham–Southern College. On Founders' Day in 1931, Branscomb was honored at Huntingdon College.

One of Branscomb's sons, Harvie Branscomb, became a university administrator while his grandson Lewis M. Branscomb became a physicist. Another one of Branscomb's sons Edwin Branscomb became a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. One of his daughters, Louise H. Branscomb, became a medical doctor and was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame.