Frederic Emanuel Risser (January 15, 1900 – September 1, 1971) was an American lawyer and Progressive politician.

He served twelve years as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate from Dane County.

[1] He was the father of Wisconsin state senator Fred A. Risser, the longest-serving legislator in American history.

He taught at Beaver Dam High School for one year, and in 1925 became a practicing attorney in Madison, Wisconsin, entering the law firm of and eventually forming a partnership with former state legislator Ernest Warner.

Before his election to the Senate in 1936, Risser had served as town clerk of the Town of Madison from 1927 to 1928; treasurer of the Highlands Mendota Beach School from 1930 to 1937; was three times elected district attorney of Dane County as a Republican, and in 1933 was president of the Wisconsin District Attorney's Association.