Parke Monroe Banta

Republican Representative of Missouri's 8th district

  • Representative

    Missouri, district 8

    January 3, 1947 - January 3, 1949

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Congresses Served

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House Terms

January 1, 1891 (79 years old)

Birthday

January 1, 1970

Death

  • Served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri’s 8th congressional district from 1947 to 1949.
  • Attended public schools and graduated from Northwestern University Law School in 1914.
  • Practiced law in Missouri from 1914 to 1941, with a focus on Potosi and Ironton.
  • Held the position of prosecuting attorney for Washington County, Missouri, in 1917 and 1918.
  • Served in the United States Army during World War I, achieving the rank of first lieutenant.
  • Participated in local governance as a member of the board of trustees of Arcadia and the Ironton-Arcadia School Board.
  • Worked as the administrator of the Missouri State Social Security Commission from 1941 to 1945.
  • Elected to the Eightieth Congress as a Republican but was unsuccessful in subsequent re-election bids.
  • Resumed legal practice after his congressional term and later served as general counsel for the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1953 to 1961.
  • Retired from public service and passed away in 1970, with burial in New Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Missouri.