Walter E. Riptoe (March 30, 1838 – August 15, 1886) was a preacher[1] 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, representing Marshall (Harrison) County.
[2][1] The Texas State Preservation Board has a photograph of him.
[4] He later moved to in Texas in January 1850 and lived in Rusk County until the end of the war.
Marshall Junior High School students, including his descendant did a history project on him in 2018 and described him as a carpenter and teacher as well as a civil rights advocate.