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Adolph Edward Borie (November 25, 1809 – February 5, 1880) was a United States merchant and politician who briefly served (1869) as Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration. A native of Philadelphia, Borie was born into the successful mercantile trade business of his father.
Borie was educated at the University of Pennsylvania there and in Paris, after which he embarked upon a mercantile career, acquiring a large fortune through the East India trade. In 1847 he was elected President of the Philadelphia Bank of Commerce, a post which he held for thirteen years.
17 de ago. de 2017 · In 1862, when the first union league of the country was formed in Philadelphia, Mr. Borie was one of its founders and vice-president. He gave large sums toward the enlistment and care of soldiers...
Adolph Edward Borie was born in 1809 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1825. He ultimately became a wealthy Philadelphia businessman and involved himself in political affairs.
Borie developed a practice that combined the realist approach he absorbed from his mentors at PAFA with the casual elegance, luminous color, and painterly sophistication of French Impressionism. He encouraged other American artists to embrace modern French painting.
Adolph Edward Borie (November 25, 1809 – February 5, 1880) was a United States merchant and politician who briefly served (1869) as Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration.
Wife of the Hon. Adolph Edward Borie [1809-1880] of Philadelphia, who briefly served as Secretary of the Navy under President Grant. Borie was the son of John Joseph Borie, a French immigrant, and his wife, who had fled Santa Domingo during the insurrections there, Borie was born and lived in Philadelphia.
