Parke Monroe Banta (November 21, 1891 – May 12, 1970) was a U.S. Representative from Missouri's 8th congressional district from 1947 to 1949.

He was graduated from Northwestern University Law School at Evanston-Chicago, Illinois, in 1914.

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.

Banta was the administrator of the Missouri State Social Security Commission 1941-1945.

He served as general counsel for Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, D.C., from April 11, 1953, until January 20, 1961.