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Home to 378 Livestock industry hall of famers
Explore the innovators, the pioneers, the visionary leaders and notable contributors to the livestock industry. You can use the search bar to select a topic or year. All inductees are listed in chronological order (as best known). Please check out the alphabetical listing of all inductees below.
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Nelson Morris | Inducted 1908
Founder of Morris & Company, one of the three main meat-packing companies in Chicago. 1839-1907 | Two different portraits of Nelson...

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William Levi Carlyle | Inducted between 1903 and 1909
Beloved professor and dean at Colorado Agricultural College, University of Idaho and Oklahoma A&M. 1870-1955 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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George H. Harding | Inducted 1905
Noted Shorthorn cattle and Cotswold sheep breeder and Mayor of Waukesha, Wisconsin. 1840-1909 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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Blanford Rude Pierce | Inducted 1905
Founder of Woodlawn Farms, one of the largest and most celebrated Angus herds, and director of the International Lives Stock Exposition....

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James Nicholas Brown | Inducted between 1911 and 1915
Noted Illinois farmer and legislator who was instrumental in creating the State Board of Agriculture and the Illinois State Fair....

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James Harvey Sanders | Inducted 1904
Sanders founded the first livestock-only journal in America and was a noted figure in livestock publishing and also very involved with...

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Jonas Webb | 1903
Founder of the modern form of the Southdown breed of sheep. 1796-1862 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait...

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Robert Bakewell | Inducted 1903
British agriculturalist, now recognized as one of the most important figures in the British Agricultural Revolution. In addition to work...

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Robert Colling | 1903
Co-founder of the Shorthorn cattle breed. 1749-1820 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); Original double portrait by James R....

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Felix Renick | 1903
Pioneer and importer of English cattle, particularly the Durham line of Shorthorns into America. 1770-1848 | Artist: Ernest Sigmund...

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Charles Colling | 1903
Co-founder of the Shorthorn cattle breed. 1751-1836 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); Original double portrait by James R....

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Robert Barclay-Allardice | Inducted 1903
British legend of agriculture and noted athlete. 1779-1854 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait by James R....

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Thomas Bates | Inducted 1903
Celebrated English Shorthorn breeder who helped develop milking and dual purpose Shorthorns 1775-1849 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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Thomas Booth | Inducted 1903
Foundational Shorthorn breeder from Yorkshire. c.1755-1835 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait by James R....

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John Booth | Inducted 1903
c.1787-1857 | Son of Thomas Booth, one of the first portraits in the gallery; presumably not replaced after the 1934 fire.

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William Arnon Henry | 1903
The very first portrait hung in the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait gallery honors William Henry a professor and dean at the University of...

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Richard Booth | Inducted 1903
1788-1864 | Son of Thomas Booth, one of the first portraits in the gallery; presumably not replaced after the 1934 fire.

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Thomas Christopher Booth | Inducted 1903
Third generation of accomplished Shorthorn breeders. 1832--1878 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936); original portrait by...

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Amos Cruikshank | Inducted 1903
Founder of Sittyton - one of the most famous Scottish herds of Shorthorns. 1808--1895 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936);...

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William Torr | Inducted 1903
Foundational Shorthorn breeder, Leicester sheep breeder, noted livestock judge and farm implement inventor. 1808--1874 | Artist: Robert...

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