The Houghton Family is a prominent New England and Upstate New York business family. Members of the family are founders of Corning Glass Works.
Family members
Their family includes:
- Amory Houghton, Jr. (1837-1909), founder of Corning Glass Works, married Ellen Ann Bigelow (1840- ______)
- Arthur A. Houghton, Sr. former president of Corning Glass Works
- Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941), former Corning Glass executive, former U.S. Representative from New York, 1919–1922; former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, 1922–1925; and former U.S. Ambassador to Britain (1925-1929)
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860-1942), United States Senator
- Alice Tully (1902-1993), philanthropist
- Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878-1951), mother of Katharine Houghton Hepburn and a suffragette and birth control advocate who, along with Margaret Sanger, helped to found the organization that became Planned Parenthood.
- Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), actress
- Katharine Houghton (1945- ), actress
- Schuyler Grant (1971- ), actress
- Amory Houghton (1899–1981), son of Alanson Bigelow Houghton; father of Amo, Jamie, and Arthur Houghton; former Corning Glass executive; and former Ambassador to France (1957-1961)
- Amo Houghton (1926- ), former CEO of Corning Glass and former member United States House of Representatives (1987-2005)
- James R. Houghton, retired Chairman of Corning Incorporated
- Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., (1906-1990), philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass co., a division of Corning Glass
- Jane Olmstead Houghton (1931-1988) daughter of Arthur A Houghton, jr
- William Houghton Adams, lawyer, RCAF pilot WWII
- Sylvia Bigelow Houghton (Garrett) (living) daughter of Arthur A Houghton, jr
- Hollister D. Houghton, (living) daughter of Arthur A Houghton, jr.
- Arthur A. Houghton, III, son of Arthur A Houghton, jr., Ambassador, writer
- Sarah Kathryn Bolster-Houghton(Kate), (living) granddaughter of Amory Houghton Junior.
See also
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