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to the Saddle & Sirloin Portrait Gallery
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.

Oakleigh Thorne | Inducted between 1920 and 1948

Noted capitalist and prize winning Angus breeder, Thorne also led efforts to establish grades on market beef. 1866-1948 | Artist: Unknown...

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Benjamin Tomkins, Sr. | Inducted between 1920 and 1948

Founder of the Hereford breed. 1714-1789 | Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893-1954) Impact & Accomplishments Although Alvin Sanders, one of...

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Joseph Elwyn Wing | Inducted between 1920 and 1948

First advocate of alfalfa as a forage crop east of the Mississippi River. 1861-1915 | Artist: J. W. Grimes (life dates unknown) Impact &...

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Samuel Waters Allerton, Jr. | Inducted by 1920

Farmer, investor and one of the founders of the Union Stock Yards - "hog butcher for the world". 1828-1914 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Philip Danforth Armour, Sr. | Inducted by 1920

Visionary businessman who co-founded Armour & Company in Chicago which became the largest enterprise in Chicago and one of the largest...

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Stephen Moulton Babcock | Inducted by 1920

Known for inventing a test for measuring the butterfat content in milk as well as for the single-grain experiment, which led to the...

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George Purdy Bellows | Inducted by 1920

Prominent Shorthorn cattle breeder. 1862-1913 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact & Accomplishments George and C.D....

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James Brown | Inducted by 1920

Long time director of the International Live Stock Exposition and head cattle buyer for Armour and Company’s national operations Life...

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Munson Parker Buel | Inducted by 1920

President of the Chicago Live Stock Exchange, charter member and president of the Saddle and Sirloin Club. 1845-1923 | Artist: Robert...

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Reid Carpenter | Inducted by 1920

Founder of Maxwalton Farm which produced the Shorthorn bull Avondale - shaping the future of the Shorthorn breed for generations to come....

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Thomas Clark | Inducted by 1920

Noted Hereford breeder and director and cattle superintendent of the International Live Stock Exposition. 1842-1927 | Artist: Robert...

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Foster Dwight Coburn | Inducted by 1920

Farmer, writer/editor, community leader and secretary of the Kansas Department of Agriculture. 1846-1924 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Marion Dorset | Inducted by 1920

Known for his work in the development of anti-hog cholera serum, a tuberculin for bovine tuberculosis and methods for controlling poultry...

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Carlos M. Duggan | Inducted by 1920

Respected cattle judge and first Argentine cattle breeder to judge at the International Live Stock Exposition. 1868-19?? | Artist: Robert...

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John Dryden | Inducted by 1920

Farmer, Ontario legislator and Canadian Minister of Agriculture. 1840-1909 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact &...

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Henry Fairfax | Inducted by 1920

Virginia Senator and well known breeder and exhibitor of Hackney horses. 1850-1916 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact...

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Isaac Funk | Inducted by 1920

Funk's Grove founder, Illinois legislator and farmer who was also known as the "Cattle King". 1797-1865 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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William J. Grant | Inducted by 1920

Politician, Argentine cattleman and noted international livestock judge. 1869-1931 | Artist: Ernest Sigmund Klempner (1867-1941) Impact &...

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Robert Thomas Holloway | Inducted by 1920

Known worldwide for his large Clydesdale horse operation and founding the town of Alexis, Illinois. 1829-1906 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Thomas Benton Hord | Inducted by 1920

Livestock and grain industry entrepreneur, businessman and community leader in Central City, Nebraska. 1850-1910 | Artist: Robert...

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