Parke Monroe Banta (November 21, 1891 – May 12, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri. Born in Berryman, Missouri, Banta attended the public schools, and William Jewell College at Liberty, Missouri.He was graduated from Northwestern University Law School at Evanston-Chicago, Illinois, in 1914.He was admitted to the bar in 1913 and practiced at Potosi, Missouri from 1914 to 1925 and at Ironton, Missouri from 1925 to 1941.He served as prosecuting attorney of Washington County, Missouri, in 1917 and 1918.During the First World War he served in the United States Army as a private and advanced through the ranks to first lieutenant from April 1918 to August 1919.He served as a member of the board of trustees of Arcadia, Missouri, in 1928 and 1929.He served as a member of Ironton-Arcadia