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Walter Ripetoe
Full Name: Walter Ripetoe
Other surnames:
Ripetoe, Rippetoe, Riptoe, Ripton
Date of birth: March 30, 1838
Date of death: Deceased, date unknown
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Terms of Service top
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Dates of Service |
Legislatures |
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4
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Apr 18, 1876 - Jan 11, 1881
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16th
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15th
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Republican
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Marshall / Harrison
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Harrison
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(1)
Republican, 1/14/1879, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
(2)
15th Legislature - 4/18/1876, p. 1. All Senators listed in roll call as "Senators elect [who] answered to their names, presented their credentials, and took the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution"; in Drawing of Senatorial Terms 4/27/1876, p. 98, drew "long term" (four years).
Senate Journal.
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Biographical Notes and Resources top
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| Resolutions and Journal entries |
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81st Legislature, R.S., HCR 81, paying tribute to African American legislators and constitutional convention delegates.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
85th Legislature, R.S., HR 452, celebrating Black History Month and honoring the leadership and vision of African American lawmakers.
Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary.
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| Biographical Sketches |
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Portrait and biographical sketch, Walter E. Ripton (Ripetoe/Riptoe).
Forever Free: Nineteenth Century African-American Legislators and Constitutional Convention Delegates of Texas, 2002.
Biographical sketch,"Senator from Harrison county, the Fourth District, a colored man named Roberts [sic], a farmer," in "The State Capital: extending the international railroad to Austin - personal notices of Senators elect," 2/27/1876, p. 1.
Galveston Daily News.
Biography, Walter Ripetoe, p. 10. "In politics Mr. Ripetoe is a Republican."
Sketches of Legislators and State Officers, Fifteenth Legislature, 1876-1878, 1876.
Biography, Walter Rippetoe, p. 240. "Elected to the Senate as a Republican."
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, p. 59. Birth year 1838, Appendix D.
Through Many Dangers, Toils, and Snares: Black Leadership in Texas, 1868-1898, 2016.
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Representative's real name Walter Ripton, "The roots of Texas' black lawmakers," 3/18/1996.
Austin American-Statesman.
Walter Ripetoe, Republican state senator, teacher, pp. 313-314, 319, 353.
A Southern Community in Crisis: Harrison County, Texas, 1850-1880, 1983.
Roster lists name W. Ripetoe; bio lists name Walter Rippetoe.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
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| Photographs |
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Photograph.
Walter Ripetoe, 15th Legislature, State Preservation Board
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| Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol |
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15th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate Sergeant-at-arms office, west wall. 2E.10A). State Preservation Board.
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