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Walter Riptoe
1838–1886
United States
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Biography
Walter E. Riptoe (March 30, 1838 – August 15, 1886) 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, representing Marshall (Harrison) County. The Texas State Preservation Board has a photograph of him.
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