decades later, politicians and statesmen comprised a plurality of the hall's honorees. Honorees As of 1976, when the last election was held, the Hall of Fame had 102 honorees. At least one-quarter of honorees are from New York state or have ties to the state. Seven members of the Hall of Fame's board of electors were themselves elected. Nominees not elected The following people were among those nominated at least once but not elected: Samuel Adams Louisa May Alcott Johnny Appleseed Chester A. Arthur Sarah Franklin Bache Henry Barnard William Beaumont John Shaw Billings George Caleb Bingham Elizabeth Blackwell Elena Petrovna Blavatsky Borden Parker Bowne William Brewster William Austin Burt Horace Bushnell John C. Calhoun Alice Cary Frederick Edwin Church George Rogers Clark George M. Cohan Calvin Coolidge John Singleton Copley Jefferson Davis Dorothea Dix Paul Dunbar Amelia Earhart Wyatt Earp John Eliot Henry Ford James A. Garfield William Lloyd Garrison Lou Gehrig Colonel Sanders Henry George Horace Greeley Sarah Josepha Buell Hale Warren G. Harding Benjamin Harrison William Henry Harrison Charles Evans Hughes Richard M. Hoe John Ireland Helen Hunt Jackson William James John Jay Andrew Johnson Al Jolson Chief Joseph Adoniram Judson Francis Scott Key Joyce Kilmer Fiorello La Guardia Karl Landsteiner Gilbert N. Lewis Crawford Long Huey Long Cyrus McCormick Robert McCormick Ephraim McDowell Charles Follen McKim William McKinley Ottmar Mergenthaler S. Weir Mitchell Lucretia Mott Benjamin Peirce Wendell Phillips Hiram Powers Will Rogers Babe Ruth Sacagawea Jacob Schiff Elizabeth Seton Lydia Huntley Sigourney Matthew Simpson Elizabeth Cady Stanton John Stevens Robert L. Stevens Nikola Tesla Roger B. Taney Benjamin Thompson Judah Touro Paul M. Warburg Martha Washington Mary Ball Washington Francis Wayland Noah Webster William Henry Welch Henry Wheaton Theodore Dwight Woolsey Constance Woolson Among nominees who were rejected, some never received any votes, including American Revolution militia officer Paul Revere. Several nominees have been rejected multiple times, including Roman Catholic saint Elizabeth Seton, poet Joyce Kilmer, and politician Horace Greeley. Many unsuccessful nominees received at least thirty votes in one election, and some surpassed this threshold in several elections. Some of the eventual honorees were rejected several times before they were selected, including Edgar Allan Poe, Walt Whitman, and James Monroe. Impact Soon after the Hall of Fame opened, it became a focal point for U.S. national pride: The Wall Street Journal wrote that the Hall of Fame was "a window on early 20th-century ideas