Artist: Robert Wadsworth Grafton (1876–1936)
Otto Vincent Battles
BATTLES, OTTO VINCENT (1882–1967), inducted 1930
Otto V. Battles started raising Angus cattle at age sixteen and founded the legendary Rosemere Herd in Maquoketa, Iowa, winning more championships than any herd at the time. He formed a partnership with the wealthy capitalist, Chester A. Congdon, in Yakima, Washington, and their 1938 dispersal sale broke all-time sales records. Battles was an esteemed judge in the British Isles, the US, and Argentina, and served as president of the American Angus Association in 1920 and 1934. In 1983, he was inducted into the American Angus Heritage Foundation Hall of Fame.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 46