Walter L. Dexter

Walter L. Dexter
Walter L. Dexter
Sheriff of Kenosha County, Wisconsin
	In office; January 1, 1883 – January 5, 1885
Preceded by	Horace G. Blackman
Succeeded by	Eleazer Robert Wilson
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly; from the Kenosha County district
	In office; January 7, 1878 – January 6, 1879
Preceded by	Walter Maxwell
Succeeded by	Joseph V. Quarles
Personal details
Born	Walter Lovejoy Dexter; December 19, 1841; Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin Territory
Died	June 17, 1920 (aged 78); Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, U.S.
Resting place	Spring Brook Cemetery, Pleasant Prairie
Party	Democratic
Spouse	Catherine Johnson (m. 1860; died 1899)
Children	William H. Dexter; (b. 1861; died 1914); Charles Jackson Dexter; (b. 1862; died 1929); Jennie (Browne); (b. 1864; died 1924); Mary Louise (Dewey); (b. 1866; died 1928); Walter Sydney Dexter; (b. 1868; died 1949); Flora Belle Dexter; (b. 1870; died 1944);
Occupation	Farmer, politician

Walter Lovejoy Dexter (December 19, 1841 – June 17, 1920) was an American farmer and Democratic politician from Kenosha County, Wisconsin. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly (1878), and served two years as sheriff of Kenosha County. He was a major landowner in the early years of the town of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, and served several years as town treasurer and town board chairman.