Houghton family
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The Houghton family is a prominent
Corning Glass Works
were founded and run by some members of the family.
Family members and descendants
Their family includes:
- 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)
- United States Senatorfrom Rhode Island (1924–1937)
- U.S. Ambassador to Britain(1925–1929), married Adelaide Wellington (1867–1945)
- Arthur A. Houghton Sr. (1866–1928), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867–1938)
- William J. Tully (1870–1930), son-in-law of Amory Houghton Jr.; father of Alice Tully; New York State Senator 1905 to 1908
- suffragist and birth controladvocate, mother of actress Katharine Hepburn
- Edith Houghton Hooker (1879–1948), suffragist
- Ambassador to France (1957–1961); ; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
- Alice Tully (1902–1993), granddaughter of Amory Houghton Jr, philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall
- philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Co., a former division of Corning Glass; co-founded the Corning Museum of Glass
- Academy Award-winning actress, and named the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute.
- U.S. Representativefrom New York (1987–2005)
- James R. Houghton (1936-2022), retired chairman of Corning Inc.
- Katharine Houghton (b. 1945), actress
- Mundy Hepburn (b. 1955), sculptor
- Schuyler Grant (b. 1970), actress, Anne of Green Gables
See also
- Wealthiest Americans (1957)
- List of U.S. political families
- President and Fellows of Harvard College (2006)
- Corning Incorporated
- Steuben Glass Works