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	Amo Houghton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1986, Houghton was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican.
		Houghton throughout his career was Upstate New York's most well known Republican member of Congress, but he clashed frequently with the increasingly Southern, socially conservative orientation of the party.
		Houghton achieved national notoriety a number of times in his career, most recently when he was listed as the only government official to be a member of the men-only, ultra-exclusive golf club, Augusta National.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Amo_Houghton (351 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: New York State of Mind: After Running Family Business, Amory Houghton Serves as Renegade ...
		Houghton's father was ambassador to France from 1957 to 1961, and his grandfather was an ambassador to Germany and Great Britain after two terms in the House of Representatives.
		Houghton, Montgomery and two of their classmates from St. Paul's ended up at Harvard after serving in the military, and because they were veterans, were put directly into Eliot House.
		Houghton was president of the A.D. Club, a member of the student council and the Republican Club, and active with Philips Brooks House.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=101044 (1145 words)

	Fellows of the RSA in the US - biohoughton
		Amo Houghton, 77, has served since 1987 as a United States Representative from the State of New York, now representing the newly-drawn 29th Congressional District which covers parts of eight counties from Cattaraugus County, along the Pennsylvania border to Chemung County and north to southern Monroe County.
		Houghton is the fifth-ranking Republican on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, chairs its Oversight Subcommittee, and is a member of the Trade Subcommittee.
		Houghton is married to the former Priscilla B. Dewey.
	www.charityadvantage.com /RSA_US/biohoughton.asp (515 words)

	Hartwick College Announces Commencement Speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Amory (Amo) Houghton, former chairman and CEO of Corning, Inc. who served nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from the State of New York before his retirement in 2004, will deliver the address at Hartwick's commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2005.
		In addition, Houghton was appointed co-chairman of the Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, chaired the U.S. delegation to the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, and was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as the Congressional Delegate to the 58th General Assembly of the United Nations.
		Houghton initiated the John Quincy Adams Society, an issues forum which brings together moderate officeholders with business leaders, and he is a founding member of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which seeks to strengthen the political center.
	www.hartwick.edu /x11354.xml (700 words)

	Star-Gazette.COM News to Use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In that context, Houghton's announcement Tuesday that he won't seek a 10th term in November dealt blows to the cause of moderate Republicanism and the already diminished clout of the New York congressional delegation.
		Houghton's concerns about his wife's health and his own age -- he turns 78 in August -- were factors in his decision to retire.
		Houghton is "more like a Nelson Rockefeller of the Republican Party or a Franklin Roosevelt of the Democratic Party" in that regard, said Robert Spitzer, a political scientist at the State University of New York.
	www.stargazettenews.com /newsextra/amo/040704_4.html (689 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - FRENCH-AMERICAN RELATIONS
		Houghton formally announced the creation of the Caucus at a luncheon with former French Prime Minister Edouard Balladur and French Ambassador to the United States Jean-David Levitte.
		Houghton currently serves as House Co-Chair of the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, Chairman of the U.S. Delegation to the Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum, and was appointed by President George W. Bush as a congressional delegate to the 58th Session of the United Nations General Assembly.
		Houghton is also one of the founders of the Bipartisan Congressional Retreat Planning Committee, a group aimed at promoting civility in the House of Representatives by having Members of Congress from both parties attend a weekend retreat together with their families.
	www.info-france-usa.org /news/statmnts/2003/houghton_102203.asp (384 words)

	Amo Houghton is commencement speaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Congressman Houghton has served since 1987 as the representative of New York's 31st Congressional District, which covers parts of 10 counties from Lake Erie along the Pennsylvania border, to the Finger Lakes.
		Politically, Congressman Houghton has built a reputation as a results-oriented politician who espouses moderate social programs, conservative fiscal policy, and civility among his colleagues.
		A descendant of one of the earliest students of the Fredonia Academy, which ultimately became SUNY Fredonia, Congressman Houghton is the former CEO of Corning Glass Works and his family is founder of the company.
	www.fredonia.edu /prweb/releases/Amohoughton.htm (217 words)

	HOUGHTON ALUMNUS COMMISSIONED AS NAVY OFFICER
		HOUGHTON, N.Y. Houghton alumnus Bob Van Wicklin, class of 1992, was sworn into the United States Navy last week.
		Van Wicklin is the son of Houghton College professor John Van Wicklin and serves as the deputy chief of staff for U.S. Representative John R. "Randy" Kuhl, Jr.
		In 1994 he moved to Washington to become Houghton's legislative assistant and adviser on foreign affairs, continuing to serve as legislative director, press secretary and finally as chief of staff until Houghton's retirement in 2004.
	www.houghton.edu /news/articles/20061127.asp (269 words)

	Rochester - Chasing Amo - Congressman Amo Houghton finally faces the music - Featured story - Featured story - City ...
		Houghton retained his district --- now known as the 29th; New York lost two districts in the process --- but not the predominately rural character that previously defined it.
		Houghton's Monroe County constituents may be thoughtful, but whether those constituents --- particularly those enrolled in his party --- think the way this pro-choice, pro-gay rights politician does about the contentious topics of our times is questionable, to say the least.
		Houghton may be strong as a bull, but to a conservative Republican like Assini, he's also full of it.
	www.rochester-citynews.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:2029 (3428 words)

	Episcopal News Service
		Houghton was elected to Congress for the state of New York in 1986, following a long career with Corning Glass Works (later Corning Incorporated).
		Houghton announced in early April that he will retire from public office at the end of this year.
		Houghton accepted the award and accolades of his peers with characteristic modesty and humor.
	www.episcopalchurch.org /3577_38324_ENG_HTM.htm (728 words)

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		Houghton said he fought for a total ban on soft money when Congress debated campaign finance reform, but he is now willing to have it used to help moderate Republicans fend off conservative GOP attacks.
		Although Houghton and the other members of Congress don't control the Main Street groups, their mere presence on the Partnership's board of directors could create an appearance of soliciting soft money, say some campaign finance experts.
		Houghton and his supporters do not believe Soros will be a factor in a race for the GOP nomination in New York's 29th District.
	www.mooregop.org /gannett_RMSP_and_MSIF.html (1700 words)

	Star-Gazette.COM News to Use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		He described how Houghton talked to students, then stood still for an interview with a TV reporter and finally helped the reporter carry her equipment out to her vehicle.
		I asked Houghton's aide at the time, Chet Lunner, if he could obtain an American flag that had flown over the Capitol and make sure Amo presented it to Wayne after an editorial board meeting.
		Whoever succeeds Houghton should follow his example and remember that one foot needs to be in Washington and the other should never leave upstate New York.
	www.stargazettenews.com /newsextra/amo/041104_2.html (659 words)

	The Leader Online : 04-23-2001 : News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Houghton has been a representative of the 31st district since 1987.
		Amo Houghton R-N.Y. is the 2001 commencement speaker.
		"I just might say that someone such as Amo Houghton, who has been in industry, who has been a community leader, who has a tremendous social conscience, is the type of person who our forefathers were thinking of as they put together the constitution and were thinking of a Representative government," he continued.
	www.fredonia.edu /Leader/2001/04232001/news.html (2364 words)

	Priscilla survived lung cancer and Amo's 18 years in Congress=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Priscilla Blackett Dewey Houghton’s name appears as lyricist, playwright, lung-cancer education and research advocate, producer, art consultant — and, of course, the wife of the nine-term New York lawmaker.
		Amo’s silver hair is still ruffled from his nap, and he’s sitting on the edge of a wide bed with a bright yellow headboard, magazine in his hand.
		Amo, startled by the fact that a photographer and a reporter are now in his bedroom, eventually begins to relax.
	www.hillnews.com /living/041404_houghton.aspx (1688 words)

	FOXNews.com - Primary Race Sucks Air From N.Y.'s 29th District Race - You Decide 2004
		Amo Houghton (search), who is retiring this year at the age of 78.
		Houghton, who formed the Main Street Partnership (search), a coalition of moderate GOP members and organizations, has nonetheless endorsed Kuhl, who has been in the New York State Assembly for 24 years, and already represents many of the residents of the 29th district.
		"Amo is a very nice man, if you meet him he is a very charming man and a kind man, but we will disagree as much as two human beings can disagree," particularly on tax cuts, he said.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,124721,00.html (1103 words)

	Republican Main Street Partnership
		At his retirement, former Congress-man Amo Houghton (R-New York) was the sixth ranking Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee, chaired its Oversight Subcommittee, and served on its Trade Subcommittee.
		Houghton built a reputation as a results-oriented congressman who espoused moderate social programs and conservative fiscal policy.
		Houghton is the founder of the John Quincy Adams Society, an issues forum that brings together moderate officeholders with top business leaders.
	www.republicanmainstreet.org /board.htm (2521 words)

	WebCPA \| Houghton Announces Retirement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Washington -- Rep. Amo Houghton, R-N.Y., one of the key architects of the Liberty Zone Act, which provided $5 billion in tax breaks and incentives to help New Yorkers in lower Manhattan rebuild after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, said he will retire at the end of this year after 18 years in Congress.
		Houghton is also chair of the Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee and a member of the International Relations Committee.
		A former chief executive of Corning Inc., which was founded by his great-grandfather in 1851, Houghton was first elected to Congress in 1986.
	www.webcpa.com /article.cfm?articleid=5874 (241 words)

	The Trials Of Amory Houghton Jr. - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Houghton got the chance to remain on and to clean up the mess he had allowed to develop.
		Houghton didn't act soon enough, but it's not difficult to understand why he held off, hoping that the economy would pull him through.
		Houghton's biggest mistake was his failure to realize how very vulnerable this near-monopoly had made the company.
	www.forbes.com /free_forbes/1977/0901/032.html (890 words)

	Corning Award for Excellence -- August 23, 2004
		U.S. Rep. Amo Houghton (R-Corning), the only former CEO of a Fortune 500 company serving in the U.S. House of Representatives and a founder and early leader of The Business Council, will receive the Corning Award for Excellence for 2004.
		Houghton's long and diverse career has been marked by achievement at the highest levels of both the private sector and elected office.
		After retiring from Corning Incorporated, Houghton began a second career in government when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987.
	www.bcnys.org /whatsnew/2004/0816pca.htm (871 words)

	Hobart and William Smith Colleges :: Academics: President's Forum Houghton/Reed
		Amo Houghton has served since 1987 as the Representative of New York's 31st Congressional District, which covers parts of 10 counties from Lake Erie, along the Pennsylvania border to the Finger Lakes.
		Houghton is the fifth-ranking Republican and serves on the House Ways and Means Committee, chairing its oversight subcommittee.
		The only former CEO of a Fortune 500 firm to serve in the House, Houghton joined Corning Glass Works (now Corning, Incorporated) in 1951, after serving as a PFC in the Marine Corps in 1945 and 1946.
	www.hws.edu /academics/community/presidentsforum/houghton.asp (630 words)

	AeANET : 03/27/02 - Congressman Houghton to be inducted into AeA High-tech Legislators Hall of Fame
		The award is in recognition of Rep. Houghton’s continued support of high-tech business initiatives at the federal level.
		Recipients of the awards are selected using the following criteria: sponsorship of significant legislation affecting the high-tech industry; support of major legislative issues affecting the high-tech industry; and continual efforts to educate public policy officials about the issues affecting the high-tech industry.
		"Houghton has shown ongoing support for the high-tech community of New York through work on the Ways and Means Committee as Chairman of the Oversight sub-committee," said William T. Archey, AeA president and CEO.
	www.aeanet.org /pressroom/prtl_032702houghton.asp (446 words)

	Houghton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Houghton Township, Ontario, a former township in Norfolk County, Ontario
		Many of the places in the U.S. were named after geologist Douglass Houghton.
		John Houghton (Saint) (died 1535), English Catholic priest and martyr
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Houghton (124 words)

	Amo Houghton may get a highway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Houghton, from a wealthy family with long establishment roots, was the chairman and CEO of Corning Glass Works in the southwestern part of the state for more than 20 years before running for Congress in 1986.
		In the 2003-’04 election cycle, the Kuhl for Congress campaign received $4,000 from Houghton; $4,000 from Houghton’s brother James, who succeeded him as CEO of Corning; and $5,500 from the Corning Inc. Employees PAC.
		He pointed out that the bypass was the first public works project championed by Houghton when he arrived in Congress, and it has cut down on traffic accidents and congestion considerably.
	www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/UndertheDome/030105.html (987 words)

	Rochester - The race for Amo Houghton’s seat - News & Opinion - News articles - City Newspaper
		Competition to inherit the district from retiring Congressman Amo Houghton, R-Corning, is predictably fiercest within his own party, which enjoys a substantial majority among registered voters in the district.
		More than 30 of the 40 press releases posted on his campaign's website tout endorsements he's received both from politicians --- from Houghton to the sheriffs of several Southern Tier counties --- and organizations, ranging from the National Rifle Association to the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors.
		Only three releases address legislative issues: one calls for the Bush tax cuts to be made permanent and another for support for the president in the war on terror.
	www.rochester-citynews.com /gyrobase/Content?oid=oid:2922 (1080 words)

	AlterNet: Election 2004: The GOP Hunts Its Own
		When George W. Bush asked Congress for the authority to attack Iraq, New York Congressman Amo Houghton voted no. He voted against several of Bush's tax cut schemes, too, and against the Administration's proposal to drill for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge.
		Houghton has long argued that the United States must make a greater commitment to work with the United Nations and has been an enthusiastic supporter of the International Criminal Court and other multilateral initiatives.
		One of the last of the dying breed of moderate -- some would even say "liberal" -- Republicans in Congress, Houghton won't be seeking re-election this fall.
	www.alternet.org /election04/18440 (700 words)

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