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. (1812–1882), founder of Corning Glass Works (1851), married Sophronia Mann Oakes (1814–1880) Amory Houghton Jr. (1837–1909), president of Corning Glass Works, married Ellen Ann Bigelow (1840–1918) Arthur A. Houghton Sr. (1866–1928), president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867–1938) Arthur A. Houghton Jr. (1906–1990), philanthropist, president of Steuben Glass Co., a division of Corning Glass; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863–1941), president of Corning Glass, U.S. Representative from New York (1919–1922), U.S. Ambassador to Germany (1922–1925), and U.S. Ambassador to Britain (1925–1929), married Adelaide Wellington (1867–1945) Amory Houghton (1899–1981), Corning Glass president and chairman; and Ambassador to France (1957–1961); co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass Amo Houghton (1926–2020), CEO of Corning Glass and U.S. Representative from New York (1987–2005) James R. Houghton (1936–2022), chairman of Corning Inc. Clara Mabel Houghton (1870-1958), married William J. Tully (1870–1930), New York State Senator 1905 to 1908 Alice Tully (1902–1993), philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall Marion Tully Dimick (1904–1981), philanthropist and patron of the arts Alfred Augustus Houghton (1851−1892), married Caroline Garlinghouse (1856-1894) Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), suffragist and birth control advocate 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 Marion Grant (1918−1986), historian, writer, activist Katharine Houghton (b. 1945), actress Edith Houghton Hooker (1879–1948), suffragist Marion Houghton Mason (1882–1968), suffragist
Other members more distantly related Schuyler Grant (b. 1970), actress, Anne of Green Gables Mundy Hepburn (b. 1955), sculptor Margaret Perry (1920–2006), librarian
See also Wealthiest Americans (1957) List of U.S. political families President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006) Corning Incorporated Steuben Glass Works
References
External links Houghton Surname Project