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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.

Henry C. Ingwersen | Inducted by 1920

Farmer, along with his brother, who achieved great success in Chicago and Omaha with Ingwersen livestock commission business and Iowa...

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Emil Henry Ingwersen | Inducted between 1920 and 1941

Part of a livestock commission legacy family, Ingwersen was the head cattle buyer for Swift & Co., president of the National Live Stock ...

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Louis Keefer | Inducted by 1920

Successful Illinois farmer, livestock buyer and one of the largest exporter of sheep and cattle to England. 1844 -1916 | Artist: Robert...

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Mortimer Levering | Inducted by 1920

Tireless livestock farmer and promoter - Levering was also one of the founders of the International Live Stock Exposition and the Saddle...

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William E. Skinner | Inducted by 1920

One of the founders of the International Live Stock Exposition, and the show’s first general manager. 1865-1931 | Artist: Robert...

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Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. | Inducted by 1920

Founder and president of Swift & Company, one of the nation's largest meat-packing firms, and inventor of the refrigerated rail car....

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Robert Boyd Thomson | Inducted by 1920

The portrait of Robert B. Thomson—who organized the National Wool Warehouse and Storage Company—was documented in the 1920 catalogue of...

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William Miller, Jr. | Inducted by 1917

Canadian-American who was a noted breeder that became one of the first to market corn-fed Angus beef to Chicago meat packers. 1834-1905 |...

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John Miller, Sr. | Inducted by 1917

Pioneer of the Canadian livestock industry. 1817-1904 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact & Accomplishments The Millers...

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John Harrison Skinner | Inducted by 1915

Purdue University's first dean of the school of agriculture. 1874-1942 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact &...

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Marquis de Lafayette Funk | Inducted by 1915

Illinois statesman and one of the founders of the Union Stock Yards in Chicago. 1834-1919 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936)...

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Charles F. Curtiss | Inducted by 1915

Iowa State University's first professor of animal husbandry who went on to become Dean of Agriculture and left a legacy of outstanding...

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Charles Sumner Plumb | Inducted by 1915

Leading animal sciences educator at Ohio State University and helped formed the Indiana State Dairy Association. 1860-1939 | Artist:...

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Frank W. Harding, Sr. | Inducted 1915

Accomplished Shorthorn breeder and director of the International Live Stock Exposition for fifty years. 1850-1914 | Artist: Robert...

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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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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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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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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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