| Birth Date: | 30 March 1838 |
| Birth Place: | Montgomery, Alabama, U.S. |
| State Senate: | Texas |
| District: | 4th |
| Termstart: | April 18, 1876 |
| Termend: | January 11, 1881 |
| Successor: | Robert L. Hightower |
| Predecessor: | Winfield B. Stirman |
| Party: | Republican |
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] The Texas State Preservation Board has a photograph of him.[3]
He was born in Montgomery, Alabama.[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.[5]
