Walter B. Parks | |
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Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 30th district | |
In office January 1916 –January 1920 | |
Member of the MississippiHouseofRepresentatives from the Bolivar County district | |
In office January 1912 –January 1916 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Union County,Mississippi,U.S. | August 27,1868
Died | January 1930 61) Tunica County,Mississippi,U.S. | (aged
Political party | Democratic |
Walter B. Parks (August 27,1868 - January 1930) was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920,and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
Walter B. Parks was born on August 27,1868,in Union County,Mississippi. [1] [2] He was the son of William Beaty Parks,a Confederate Army private in the U.S. Civil War,and his wife,Calista Virginia (Hudson) Parks. [1] Parks attended the Pine Bluff School near Toccopola,Mississippi,and also attended Toccopola College,although he did not graduate. [1] Parks started working in a store in Shelby,Mississippi,in 1890,and after leaving in 1894,opened his own store in Merigold,Mississippi,in 1895. [1] [3] He then entered the banking industry,becoming the director and president of several banks,and he also owned plantations and livestock farms. [1]
Parks was Merigold's Town Treasurer from 1904 to 1908,and he was also the town's Postmaster from 1905 to 1909. [1] [2] In November 1911,he was elected to represent Bolivar County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives,and served in the term from 1912 to 1916. [2] In November 1915,Parks was elected to represent the 30th District in the Mississippi State Senate,and served from 1916 to 1920. [1] During this term,Parks was the chairman of the Senate's Levee Committee. [1] During his time in office,Parks authored and supported bills improving highway and drainage systems. [1] [3]
Parks died suddenly in January 1930,near Tunica,Mississippi. [3]
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