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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriParke Monroe BANTA
(1891-1970)
BANTA, Parke Monroe, a
Representative from Missouri; born in Berryman, Crawford County,
Mo., November 21, 1891; attended the public schools, and William
Jewell College at Liberty, Mo.; was graduated from Northwestern
University Law School at Evanston-Chicago, Ill., in 1914; was
admitted to the bar in 1913 and practiced at Potosi, Mo., 1914-1925
and at Ironton, Mo., 1925-1941; prosecuting attorney of Washington
County, Mo., in 1917 and 1918; during the First World War served in
the United States Army as a private and through the ranks to first
lieutenant from April 1918 to August 1919; member of the board of
trustees of Arcadia, Mo., in 1928 and 1929; member of
Ironton-Arcadia School Board in 1932 and 1933; administrator of the
Missouri State Social Security Commission 1941-1945; elected as a
Republican to the Eightieth Congress (January 3, 1947-January 3,
1949); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1948 to the
Eighty-first Congress and for election in 1950 to the Eighty-second
Congress; resumed the practice of law in Ironton, Mo.; general
counsel for Department of Health, Education, and Welfare,
Washington, D.C., from April 11, 1953, until January 20, 1961;
retired; died in Cape Girardeau, Mo., May 12, 1970; interment in
New Masonic Cemetery, Potosi, Mo.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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