Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
James William Judy
JUDY, JAMES WILLIAM (1822–1916), inducted by 1915
James Judy gained his earliest experience conducting livestock auctions in his native state of Kentucky, before moving to Menard County, Illinois, in 1851. Commander of the 114th Illinois Infantry regiment during the Civil War, Colonel Judy was the most respected Shorthorn auctioneer of his time, crying sales until eighty years of age. An early president of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture, Judy helped establish the state fair at Springfield.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 119