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| term_end=2013

| term_end=2013

| preceded=Roy Ragland

| preceded=Roy Ragland

| succeeded=Skip Carnine

| succeeded=[[Skip Carnine]]

| office2=Arkansas State Representative<br> for District 83

| office2=Arkansas State Representative<br> for District 83

| term_start2=2013

| term_start2=2013

| spouse=Judith Ann Branscum (married 1982)

| spouse=Judith Ann Branscum (married 1982)

| children=Five sons}}

| children=Five sons}}

'''David Lawdon Branscum''' (born December 2, 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-branscum/e70397018172|title=David Branscum (Marshall, Arkansas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref> is a [[lumber]] and [[cattle]] [[business]]man in his native Marshall in Searcy County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His reconfigured District 83, which he has represented since 2013, includes parts of Searcy, Newton, Pope, and White counties. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 90, now held by the Republican Skip Carnine of Rogers in Benton County.<ref name=branscumofmarshall>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/259/david-l-branscum|title=David Branscum, R-83|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>

'''David Lawdon Branscum''' (born December 2, 1958)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/david-branscum/e70397018172|title=David Branscum (Marshall, Arkansas)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref> is a [[lumber]] and [[cattle]] [[business]]man in his native Marshall in Searcy County in northwestern [[Arkansas]], who is a [[Republican Party|Republican]] member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. His reconfigured District 83, which he has represented since 2013, includes parts of Searcy, Newton, Pope, and White counties. From 2011 to 2013, he represented District 90, now held by the Republican Skip Carnine of Rogers in Benton County.<ref name=branscumofmarshall>{{cite web|url=http://www.arkansashouse.org/member/259/david-l-branscum|title=David Branscum, R-83|publisher=arkansashouse.org|accessdate=January 6, 2014; material no longer on-line}}</ref>

Branscum graduated in 1977 from Marshall High School<ref name=branscumtorun/> and thereafter procured  bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1982 from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119189/david-branscum#.UsskA5V3sfR|title=David Branscum's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

Branscum graduated in 1977 from Marshall High School<ref name=branscumtorun/> and thereafter procured  bachelor's degree in Agricultural Economics in 1982 from the [[University of Arkansas]] at Fayetteville.<ref name=branscumofmarshall/><ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119189/david-branscum#.UsskA5V3sfR|title=David Branscum's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=September 18, 2020}}</ref>

He is the president of Branscum and Harness Lumber, Inc. a hardwood sawmill company located in Marshall, and he owns and operates Branscum Farms, a commercial cattle farm.<ref name=branscumtorun/>

He is the president of Branscum and Harness Lumber, Inc. a hardwood sawmill company located in Marshall, and he owns and operates Branscum Farms, a commercial cattle farm. Branscum and his wife, Judith Ann Branscum (also born 1958), have five sons. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=branscumtorun/>

 

Branscum and his wife, Judith Ann Branscum (also born 1958), have five sons. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Marshall, a [[Southern Baptist]] congregation.<ref name=branscumtorun/>

==Political life==

==Political life==