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The Political Graveyard web site.
These families each have three or more politician members,
all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.
These groupings — even the names of the groupings,
and the areas of main activity — are the
result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,
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Alanson Bigelow Houghton (1863-1941) —
also known as Alanson B. Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Cambridge, Middlesex
County, Mass., October
10, 1863.
Republican. President, Corning Glass Works,
1910-18; vice-president, Ephraim Creek Coal and
Coke Company; director, Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company; delegate to Republican National Convention
from New York, 1912,
1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee); Presidential Elector for New York, 1916;
U.S.
Representative from New York 37th District, 1919-22; U.S.
Ambassador to Germany, 1922-25; Great Britain, 1925-29; candidate for U.S.
Senator from New York, 1928.
Died in South Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Bristol
County, Mass., September
15, 1941 (age 77 years, 340
days).
Interment at Hope
Cemetery Annex, Corning, N.Y.
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Relatives: Son
of Amory Houghton, Jr. and Ellen Ann (Bigelow) Houghton; married, June 25,
1890, to Adelaide Wellington; father of Amory
Houghton (1899-1981); grandfather of Amory
Houghton, Jr. (1926-). |
| |  | Political family: Houghton
family of Corning, New York. |
| |  | Cross-reference: Guy
W. Cheney |
| |  | The World War II Liberty
ship SS Alanson B. Houghton (built 1944, scrapped 1972)
was named for
him. |
| |  | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia
article — U.S. State Dept career summary — NNDB
dossier |
| |  | Books about Alanson B. Houghton:
Jeffrey J. Matthews, Alanson
B. Houghton : Ambassador of the New Era |
| |  | Image source: Time Magazine, April 5,
1926 |
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Amory Houghton (1899-1981) —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., July 27,
1899.
Republican. President (1930-41) and chairman (1941-61), Corning Glass Works;
director, Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company, Erie Railroad,
and National City Bank;
delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1964;
Presidential Elector for New York, 1956;
U.S. Ambassador to France, 1957-61; candidate for delegate
to New York state constitutional convention at-large, 1966.
Episcopalian.
Died in 1981
(age about
81 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Amory Houghton, Jr. (b. 1926) —
also known as Amo Houghton —
of Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y.
Born in Corning, Steuben
County, N.Y., August
7, 1926.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II;
president, Corning Glass Works,
1961; director, New York Telephone
Company; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1987-2003 (34th District 1987-93,
31st District 1993-2003, 29th District 2003); delegate to Republican
National Convention from New York, 2008.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2014.
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