Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
John Ross Tomson
TOMSON, JOHN ROSS (1867–1959), inducted by 1920
In 1886, John R. Tomson, along with his father and two brothers, launched T. K. Tomson and Sons, Shorthorn breeders, near Dover, Kansas. Tomson Brothers was established after the father’s death in 1909. John Tomson was a respected judge and livestock journalist. He was a longtime director of the American Shorthorn Breeder’s Association and its president in 1918–1919. He also served as president of the American Royal in 1926.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 190