​Agricultural Hall of Fame

​The Agricultural Hall of Fame was federally chartered in 1960 as a nonprofit organization. It honors individuals who have made outstanding national or international contributions to the establishment, development, advancement or improvement of agriculture. Every inductee has contributed to the success of American agriculture in some significant way, exemplifying the initiative and creativity that have made the United States the world’s leading agricultural producer.

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Hall of Fame Inductees

Induction Date ​	Name of Member ​	​Home State
Prior to 1977 ​	George Washington Carver ​	Missouri
Prior to 1977 ​	Thomas Jefferson ​	​Virginia
Prior to 1977 ​	Cyrus Hall McCormick ​	Virginia
Prior to 1977 ​	Justin Smith Morrill ​	​Vermont
Prior to 1977 ​	George Washington ​	​Virginia
May 7, 1977 ​	Dudley Mays Hughes ​	​Georgia
May 7, 1977 ​	Eli Whitney ​	​Massachusetts
April 27, 1984 ​	Dr. Stephen M. Babcock ​	Wisconsin
April 27, 1984 ​	Norman E. Borlaug ​	​Iowa
April 27, 1984 ​	Arthur Capper ​	​Kansas
April 27, 1984 ​	Mark A. Carleton ​	​Kansas
April 27, 1984 ​	Roswell Garst ​	​Iowa
April 27, 1984 ​	Albert B. Graham ​	​Ohio
April 27, 1984 ​	William D. Hoard ​	​Wisconsin
April 27, 1984 ​	Dr. Seaman A. Knapp ​	New York
April 27, 1984 ​	Enos J. Perry ​	​New Jersey
April 27, 1984 ​	Squanto ​	Indian Nation
April 27, 1984 ​	Andrew J. Volstead ​	​Minnesota
April 27, 1984 ​	Henry A. Wallace ​	Iowa
May 7, 1984 ​	Hoke Smith ​	​Georgia
October 16, 1984 ​	Louise Stanley ​	Missouri
April 19, 1985 ​	Hugh H. Bennett ​	​North Carolina
April 19, 1985 ​	Luther Burbank ​	Massachusetts
October 16, 1987 ​	John Deere ​	​Illinois
October 16, 1987 ​	J. Sterling Morton ​	Nebraska
October 20, 1989 ​	J. Sterling Morton ​	​Wisconsin
October 20, 1989 ​	Marion Dorset ​	Tennessee
October 20, 1989 ​	Curtis F. Marbut ​	​Missouri
October 18, 1991 ​	Carl Gustaf Patrik DeLaval ​	​Sweden
October 18, 1991 ​	James Dryden ​	​Oregon
October 18, 1991 ​	Frank E. Mullen ​	​Kansas
October 18, 1991 ​	Edna Westbrook Trigg ​	Texas
October 23, 1998 ​	Henry Leavitt Ellsworth ​	​Pennsylvania
October 23, 1998 ​	Abraham Lincoln ​	​Illinois
October 23, 1998 ​	Isaac Newton ​	New Jersey
October 27, 2006 ​	Robert J. Dole ​	​Kansas
October 27, 2006 ​	Oliver Hudson Kelley ​	Minnesota
October 27, 2006 ​	Justus von Liebig ​	​Germany
August 13, 2011 ​	Willie Nelson ​	​Texas
July 11, 2015 ​	Dr. John A. Kennicott ​	​Illinois
July 11, 2015 ​	Forrest Selby ​	​Illinois
October 23, 2021 ​	C. Patrick (Pat) Roberts ​	​Kansas
October 23, 2021 ​	Fabian Garcia ​	​New Mexico
October 23, 2021 ​	Elmo Mahoney ​	Kansas