Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | |  Frederick Oakes Houghton (1860-1939) — also known asFrederick O. Houghton — of Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.; Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.Born in Somerville,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,June 15,1860.Steamshipagent;Vice-Consulfor Mexico inBoston,Mass., 1897-1904.Died in Milton,NorfolkCounty, Mass.,April 7,1939 (age78 years, 296days).Interment atMiltonCemetery, Milton, Mass.  | Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) — also known asAlanson B. Houghton — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Cambridge,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,October10, 1863.Republican. President, CorningGlass Works,1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim CreekCoal andCoke Company; director, MetropolitanLifeInsurance Company; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom New York,1912,1924,1928(member,ResolutionsCommittee); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1916;U.S.Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.Ambassador toGermany, 1922-25;Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate forU.S.Senator from New York, 1928.Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth,BristolCounty, Mass.,September15, 1941 (age77 years, 340days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y. | | Amory Houghton (1899-1981) — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,July 27,1899.Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61, 1964-71),CorningGlassWorks; director, Metropolitan LifeInsuranceCompany, ErieRailroad,and National CityBank;national president, Boy Scouts of America, 1946-51; delegate toRepublican National Convention from New York,1948(alternate),1952,1964,1968(alternate); Republican Presidential Elector for New York,1956(voted forDwightD. Eisenhower andRichardM. Nixon); U.S. Ambassador toFrance, 1957-61; candidate fordelegateto New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.Episcopalian.Died in Charleston,CharlestonCounty, S.C.,February21, 1981 (age81 years, 209days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y. | | Amory Houghton Jr. (1926-2020) — also known asAmo Houghton — of Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.Born in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,August7, 1926.Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;president, CorningGlass Works,from 1961; chairman and CEO, 1964-83; director, New YorkTelephoneCompany;U.S.Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (34th District 1987-93,31st District 1993-2003, 29th District 2003); delegate to RepublicanNational Convention from New York,2008.Episcopalian.Died in Corning,SteubenCounty, N.Y.,March 4,2020 (age93 years, 210days).Interment atHopeCemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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