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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 8/1/1952
Birth Place: Delaware County, Iowa
Birth County: Delaware
Party Affiliation: Republican
Assemblies Served:
Senate: 39 (1921) - 40 (1923)
Home County: Delaware
George Sherman Banta
Delaware County
Senator from the Thirty-third district, composed of Delaware and Buchanan counties. He is a farmer and live stock breeder, living near Manchester. Born in Delaware county, July 2, 1884, his parents being farmers; a graduate of the Manchester high school, University of Iowa Colleges of Liberal Arts, 1906, and Law, 1911; devoted several years to newspaper work in Iowa City and Cheyenne, Wyoming, and two years to the practice of law in Johnson county; elected senator in 1920 on the republican ticket.
Senate District 33
Committees
39th GA (1921)
Legislation Sponsored
39th GA (1921)