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==Biography==

==Biography==

Ripoll was one of five children of the late Edward Ripoll, Sr., and the former Mary Forster.<ref name=rjrip/> He graduated from the former Francis T. Nicholls High School at 3820 Saint Claude Avenue in New Orleans, since renamed for the [[African-American]] [[abolitionist]] [[Frederick Douglass]] and since a [[charter school]], KIPP Renaissance High School. He joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] with service in [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1945. He was affiliated with the American Legion and was an honorary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.<ref>"Louisiana: Ripoll, Edward Conrad (Bud)," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 793.</ref> Thereafter, he was a [[longshoreman]] and [[steel]]worker and was employed until 1960<ref name=bio/> at Huerstel's Bar and Restaurant at the intersection of St. Claude Avenue and Independence Street, since a convenience store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pontchartrain.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=40334&PID=495870|title=Huerstel's|publisher=pontchartrain.net|accessdate=June 28, 2015}}</ref> Ripoll then opened his own bar at 900 Piety Street at the intersection with Burgundy Street.<ref name=bio/>

Ripoll was one of five children of the late Edward Ripoll, Sr., and the former Mary Forster.<ref name=rjrip/> He graduated from the former Francis T. Nicholls High School at 3820 Saint Claude Avenue in New Orleans, since renamed for the [[African-American]] [[abolitionist]] [[Frederick Douglass]] and since a [[charter school]], KIPP Renaissance High School. He joined the [[United States Marine Corps]] with service in [[World War II]] from 1944 to 1945. He was affiliated with the American Legion and was an honorary member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.<ref>"Louisiana: Ripoll, Edward Conrad (Bud)," ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence,  [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 793.</ref> Thereafter, he was a [[longshoreman]] and [[steel]]worker and was employed until 1960<ref name=bio/> at Huerstel's Bar and Restaurant at the intersection of St. Claude Avenue and Independence Street, since a convenience store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pontchartrain.net/templates/System/details.asp?id=40334&PID=495870|title=Huerstel's|publisher=pontchartrain.net|accessdate=January 18, 2021}}</ref> Ripoll then opened his own bar at 900 Piety Street at the intersection with Burgundy Street.<ref name=bio/>

In 1983, Ripoll challenged incumbent Democrat Representative [[Edward S. Bopp]], an [[attorney]] and former pharmacist, who led a four-candidate field with 5,631 votes (37.3 percent). Ripoll claimed the second position in the [[general election]] with 3,426 votes (22.7 percent). Trailing in third place by 61 votes was another Democrat, later Republican, [[business]]man [[Kenneth Odinet|Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr.]], of Arabi in in St. Bernard Parish. Finishing fourth was former [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district,  Richard Alvin Tonry, with 2,693 votes (17.8 percent). Tonry had been forced from office in a scandal in 1977. In this same election, Edwin Edwards unseated one-term Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> In the second round of balloting, Ripoll unseated Bopp, 5,266 votes (53.1 percent) to 4,649 (46.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>

In 1983, Ripoll challenged incumbent Democrat Representative [[Edward S. Bopp]], an [[attorney]] and former pharmacist, who led a four-candidate field with 5,631 votes (37.3 percent). Ripoll claimed the second position in the [[general election]] with 3,426 votes (22.7 percent). Trailing in third place by 61 votes was another Democrat, later Republican, [[business]]man [[Kenneth Odinet|Kenneth L. Odinet, Sr.]], of Arabi in in St. Bernard Parish. Finishing fourth was former [[U.S. Representative]] for Louisiana's 1st congressional district,  Richard Alvin Tonry, with 2,693 votes (17.8 percent). Tonry had been forced from office in a scandal in 1977. In this same election, Edwin Edwards unseated one-term Republican Governor [[David C. Treen]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 1983.</ref> In the second round of balloting, Ripoll unseated Bopp, 5,266 votes (53.1 percent) to 4,649 (46.9 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, November 19, 1983.</ref>