The Houghton family is a prominent New England and Upstate New York business family. The Corning Glass Works was founded and run by some members of the family.
Family members and descendants
The family includes:
- Amory Houghton Sr. (1812âÂÂ1882), founder of Corning Glass Works (1851), married Sophronia Mann Oakes (1814âÂÂ1880)
- Amory Houghton Jr. (1837âÂÂ1909), president of Corning Glass Works, married Ellen Ann Bigelow (1840âÂÂ1918)
- Arthur A. Houghton Sr. (1866âÂÂ1928), president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867âÂÂ1938)
- Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906âÂÂ1990), philanthropist, president of Steuben Glass Co., a division of Corning Glass; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863âÂÂ1941), president of Corning Glass, U.S. Representative from New York (1919âÂÂ1922), U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1922âÂÂ1925), and U.S. Ambassador to Britain (1925âÂÂ1929), married Adelaide Wellington (1867âÂÂ1945)
- Amory Houghton (1899âÂÂ1981), Corning Glass president and chairman; and Ambassador to France (1957âÂÂ1961); ; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
- Amo Houghton (1926âÂÂ2020), CEO of Corning Glass and U.S. Representative from New York (1987âÂÂ2005)
- James R. Houghton (1936âÂÂ2022), chairman of Corning Inc.
- Clara Mabel Houghton (1870-1958), married William J. Tully (1870âÂÂ1930), New York State Senator 1905 to 1908
- Alice Tully (1902âÂÂ1993), philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall
- Marion Tully Dimick (1904âÂÂ1981), philanthropist and patron of the arts
- Alfred Augustus Houghton ( âÂÂ1892)
- Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878âÂÂ1951), suffragist and birth control advocate
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907âÂÂ2003), four-time Academy Award-winning actress, and named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute
- Marion Grant (1918âÂÂ1986), historian, writer, activist
- Katharine Houghton (b. 1945), actress
- Edith Houghton Hooker (1879âÂÂ1948), suffragist
Other members more distantly related:
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