Houghton Family - Family Members and Descendants

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)
  • Jesse Houghton Metcalf (1860–1942), United States Senator from Rhode Island (1924–1937)
  • 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)
  • Arthur A. Houghton, Sr. (1866–1928), son of Amory Houghton Jr, former president of Corning Glass, married Mahitbel Hollister (1867–1938)
  • Katharine Martha Houghton Hepburn (1878–1951), suffragist and birth control advocate, mother of actress Katharine Hepburn
  • Alice Tully (1902–1993), granddaughter of Amory Houghton Jr, philanthropist and founding benefactor of Alice Tully Hall
  • 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)
  • Arthur A. Houghton, Jr. (1906–1990), philanthropist, former president of Steuben Glass Co., a former division of Corning Glass
  • Katharine Houghton Hepburn (1907–2003), four time Academy Award-winning actress
  • Amo Houghton (1926- ), former CEO of Corning Glass and former U.S. Representative from New York (1987–2005)
  • James R. Houghton (1936- ), retired chairman of Corning Inc.
  • Arthur A. Houghton, III (1940- ), son of Arthur A Houghton, Jr., U.S. diplomat and Foreign Service Officer (1966–1979), writer
  • Katharine Houghton (1945- ), actress
  • Mundy Hepburn (1955- ), sculptor
  • Schuyler Grant (1971- ), actress
  • Kim Hoover DeAllen (1979- ), philanthropist

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