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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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J. Frank Prather | Inducted by 1915
Prominent central Illinois Shorthorn breeder and active on the Illinois State Board of Agriculture. 1859-1927 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...
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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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James Ironside Davidson | Inducted by 1915
Canadian parliament member and famed Shorthorn cattle and Clydesdale horse importer/breeder. 1818-1902 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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Walter Gilbey | Inducted 1915
Successful English businessman who devoted his wealth and energy to the promotion of horses. 1831-1914 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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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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Simpson Farrow Lockridge | Inducted by 1915
Indiana State Senator, lawyer and founder of the American Shorthorn Breeders' Association. 1846-1928 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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William Alexander Harris | Inducted by 1915
Kansas statesman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate and established a reputation as a renowned breeder of...
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Charles E. Leonard | Inducted by 1915
Missouri Shorthorn breeder and leader in helping form the American Shorthorn Record. 1839-1916 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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Lewis Falley Allen | Inducted by 1915
New York legislator, Shorthorn breeder and founder of the first Shorthorn registry in the United States. 1800-1890 | Artist: Robert...
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Benjamin Franklin Van Meter | Inducted by 1915
Noted Shorthorn breeder and the first vice president of the American Shorthorn Association. 1834-1927 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton...
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Nehemiah Palmer Clarke | Inducted by 1915
Lumber businessman, noted Clydesdale breeder and president of the Clydesdale Association and the Minnesota Board of Agriculture....
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Nicholas Hocker Gentry | Inducted by 1915
One of the most decorated Berkshire breeders of his generation and labeled a "master breeder". 1850-1933 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...
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James Henry Pickrell | Inducted by 1915
The first president of the American Shorthorn Breeders’ Association, and later its secretary. 1834-1901 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth...
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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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Henry Francis Brown | Inducted by 1915
Successful capitalist and Shorthorn breeder. 1837-1912 | Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876-1936) Impact & Accomplishments A wealthy...
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William Dempster Hoard | Inducted 1914
16th Governor of Wisconsin, publisher/editor of Hoard's Dairyman and widely considered the father of the Wisconsin dairy industry....
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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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