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|term_start=1968
|term_start=1968
|term_end=1996
|term_end=1996
|office2=Member and former chairman of the [[Democratic Party|Louisiana State Democratic Central Committee]]
|office2=Member and former chairman of the [[Democratic Party|Louisiana State Democratic<br> Central Committee]]
|term_start2=1960
|term_start2=1960
|term_end2=2010
|term_end2=2010
In June 2007, a joint resolution of the state legislature congratulated Bankston on his 100th birthday. The legislators described Bankston as a "political icon" and a "mover and shaker with nearly seventy years of experience in the public arena."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/10306762.html|author=Jared Janes|title=Bankston honored on 100th birthday|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>
In June 2007, a joint resolution of the state legislature congratulated Bankston on his 100th birthday. The legislators described Bankston as a "political icon" and a "mover and shaker with nearly seventy years of experience in the public arena."<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web|url=http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/politics/10306762.html|author=Jared Janes|title=Bankston honored on 100th birthday|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 8, 2007}}</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Jesse Homer Bankston was the last surviving of eleven children born to the former Allie Ames Magee (1876-1940) and Leon Victor Bankston (1869-1967) in Mount Hermon in Washington Parish west of the [[Mississippi]] state line. He was educated in public schools and received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1933 and 1936, respectively. He did further graduate work at the [[University of North Carolina]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-homer-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Obituary of Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 30, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>
Jesse Homer Bankston was the last surviving of eleven children born to the former Allie Ames Magee (1876-1940) and Leon Victor Bankston (1869-1967) in Mount Hermon in Washington Parish west of the [[Mississippi]] state line. He was educated in public schools and received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]] in 1933 and 1936, respectively. He did further graduate work at the [[University of North Carolina]] in [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill]], [[North Carolina]].<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=jesse-homer-bankston&pid=146841086|title=Obituary of Jesse Homer Bankston, Sr.|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=November 30, 2010|accessdate=December 1, 2010}}</ref>