Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
James Warfield Martin
MARTIN, JAMES WARFIELD (1855–1939), inducted 1925
James Martin’s Buena Vista (Wisconsin) farm was home to one of the most successful Red Polled herds of its time, winning at the International Live Stock Exposition and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. He bred Berkshire hogs and Percheron horses as well. A regent at the University of Wisconsin, Martin was also a director of the International and was serving as its vice president in 1925 when his portrait was added. He was revered for his expert management of the carload lots at the ILSE.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 135