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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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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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William Insco Buchanan | Inducted by 1920
Organizer of the celebrated Corn Palace Expositions in Sioux City, Iowa, envoy to the Argentine Republic and the first U.S. foreign...

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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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John Whitfield Bunn | Inducted by 1920
Financier of many railroads and associated companies, treasurer of the Illinois Board of Agriculture for 39 years and personal friend of...

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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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John Sidney Cooper | Inducted by 1920
President of the National Horse Exchange and represented the horse commission merchants on the board of directors at the International...

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Samuel Cozzens | Inducted by 1920
Long time horse industry veteran and director of the Globe Rendering Company, Livestock Exchange Bank, and Stock Yards Savings Bank....

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John Alexander Craig | Inducted by 1920
Considered the “father of the technical art of live stock judging in America”. 1868-1910 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936)...

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Jeptha Crouch | Inducted by 1920
Founder of the famous and influential Lafayette Stock Farm that featured draft and coach horses. 1843-1927 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...

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Eugene Davenport | Inducted by 1920
Leader for the integration of agriculture into public schools and dean of agriculture and vice president at the University of Illinois....

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G. Howard Davison | Inducted by 1920
Pioneer Shropshire sheep breeder in America, elected to the Royal Agricultural Society and founder of the Altamont farm in Millbrook, NY....

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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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Mark Wentworth Dunham | Inducted by 1920
Importer and breeder of horses and the owner of the Oaklawn Farm in Wayne, Illinois, which was at one time the largest horse breeding...

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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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Henry Baird Favill | Inducted by 1920
Revered Chicago physician who dedicated his second career to breeding Holstein dairy cattle. 1860-1916 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...

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