August Richter (August 9, 1831 – June 7, 1907) was an American real estate agent from Milwaukee, Wisconsin who served a single one-year term as a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
[1] Richter was born in Gunzenhausen, Kingdom of Bavaria on August 9, 1831; he was educated at the höhere bürgerschule level.
He left Bavaria in 1852, came to Wisconsin in 1856, settled in Milwaukee and for some years ran a meat market.
He married Marie Sauber; their son August Jr., born August 1, 1861, would become a prominent real estate dealer; and would serve on the Milwaukee Common Council and the Milwaukee Board of School Directors.
Richter would attempt once more in 1873 to regain his seat in the Assembly, running against Joseph Hamilton as an Independent when Hamilton, like most Democrats, was a member of the short-lived People's Reform Party, also known as the Liberal Reform Party.