Adolph E. Borie
✓ Source-basedfallingUnited States merchant; Secretary of the Navy briefly (1809-1880)
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Adolph Edward Borie was an American merchant and politician who briefly served as Secretary of the Navy in the Ulysses S. Grant administration in 1869.
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In 1825, Borie graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at the age of 16.
President Ulysses S. Grant
Borie renamed USS Manayunk as USS Ajax on June 15, 1869.
Borie desegregated the Washington Navy Yard in June 1869. Photo taken 1867![Borie (standing in center foreground) purchasing in India while accompanying Grant on his trip around the world in 1877-1879.[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Adolph_E._Borie_purchasing_in_India.jpg/1280px-Adolph_E._Borie_purchasing_in_India.jpg)
Borie (standing in center foreground) purchasing in India while accompanying Grant on his trip around the world in 1877-1879.[8]
Adolph Borie tomb in Laurel Hill CemeteryWriters from United States 6
About this person
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United StatesCategory
Writers
Type
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Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1809 to 1880 · aged 70
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