The Houghton Family are 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:

• Arthur A. Houghton, Sr., former president of Corning Glass Works
• Alanson B. 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 Ambassador to Britain (1925-1929)
• Katharine Houghton Hepburn, mother of Katharine Hepburn, 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 B. 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 (1986-2005)
• James R. Houghton, current Chairman of Corning Glass Works
• Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., former president of Corning Glass Works and philanthropist

See also

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

American families | Political families of the United States