Houghton family

The Houghton family is a prominent New England and Upstate New York business family. The Corning Glass Works were founded and run by some members of the family.

Family members and descendants

Their family includes:

• Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, 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), married Adelaide Wellington (1867–1945)
• Amory Houghton Sr. (1812–1882), founder of Corning Glass Works (1851), married Sophronia Mann Oakes (1814–1880)
• Amory Houghton Jr. (1837–1909), former president of Corning Glass Works, married Ellen Ann Bigelow (1840–1918)
• Amory Houghton (1899–1981), son of Alanson Bigelow Houghton; father of Amo, Jamie, and Arthur Houghton; former Corning Glass president and chairman; and former Ambassador to France (1957–1961); ; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
• Amo Houghton (1926–2020), former CEO of Corning Glass and former U.S. Representative from New York (1987–2005)
• Arthur A. Houghton Sr. (1866–1928), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867–1938)
• Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906–1990), philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Co., a former division of Corning Glass; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
• Katharine Houghton (b. 1945), actress
• James R. Houghton (1936–2022), former chairman of Corning Inc.
• Schuyler Grant (b. 1970), actress, Anne of Green Gables
• Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), suffragist and birth control advocate, mother of actress Katharine Hepburn
• Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), four-time Academy Award-winning actress, and named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute.
• Mundy Hepburn (b. 1955), sculptor
• Edith Houghton Hooker (1879–1948), suffragist
• Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860–1942), United States Senator from Rhode Island (1924–1937)
• Margaret Perry (1920–2006), librarian ^[1]
• Alice Tully (1902–1993), granddaughter of Amory Houghton Jr.; philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall
• William J. Tully (1870–1930), son-in-law of Amory Houghton Jr.; father of Alice Tully; New York State Senator 1905 to 1908

See also

• Wealthiest Americans (1957)
• List of U.S. political families
• President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006)
• Corning Incorporated
  • Steuben Glass Works

References

1. "Obituary of Margaret Perry". Hartford Courant . 21 February 2006. Retrieved 2024-10-21.

External links

• Houghton Surname Project