Adolph E. Borie

Adolph E. Borie

Adolph Edward Borie (born November 25, 1809 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  February 5, 1880 ibid) was an American politician ( Republican Party ) who belonged to the cabinet of President Ulysses S. Grant as Secretary of the Navy .

Adolph Borie attended the University of Pennsylvania , where he graduated in 1825. After the death of his father, a merchant trading in silk and tea, he took over his business.

From 1843 to 1848 Borie served as the American consul in Belgium . After returning to the United States, he became President of the Philadelphia Bank of Commerce . He was also politically active as a member of the Republican Party and became friends with the young Ulysses S. Grant. In the run-up to the civil war , he supported the Union in the conflict with the southern states .

After Grant became US President in 1868 , he appointed Adolph Borie to his cabinet as Secretary of the Navy . He took up his post on March 9, 1869, but announced his resignation on June 25 of the same year, because he was of the opinion that he would have to take care of his business activities more intensively. Nevertheless, he remained good friends with Ulysses Grant and accompanied him on a world tour in 1877. Since 1872 he was a member of the American Philosophical Society .

The destroyers USS Borie (DD-215) and USS Borie (DD-704) were named after him in memory of the Minister of the Navy, who died in 1880 .

Web links

• Benjamin Bristow in the Miller Center of Public Affairs of the University of Virginia (English)

• Adolph E. Borie in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Member History: Adolph E. Borie. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 13, 2018 .