Walter Riptoe

Walter E. Riptoe (March 30, 1838 - ?) was a preacher and state legislator in Texas. A Republican, he served two terms in the Texas Senate during the Fifteenth Texas Legislature and Sixteenth Texas Legislature from 1876 to 1881. The Texas State Preservation Board has a photograph of him. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama. Texas Middle School students did a history project on him in 2018 and described him as a carpenter and teacher as well as a civil rights advocate. rdf:langString