Adolph Edward Borie (November 25, 1809 – February 5, 1880) was an American merchant and politician who briefly served as Secretary of the Navy in the...
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USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E. Borie, Secretary of the...
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the first ship named for Ulysses S. Grant's Secretary of the Navy, Adolph E. Borie. She served in the Black Sea, the Asiatic Fleet and the Caribbean between...
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opposition by some in Congress, who forced the Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie to resign. His replacement, George Robeson, curtailed Porter's power...
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club's presidents have included Captain James Biddle, George H. Boker, Adolph E. Borie, General George Cadwalader, Mayor Richard Vaux, and Owen Wister, who...
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Bond, ornithologist; namesake of Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent Adolph E. Borie merchant, civil war financier, Secretary of the Navy Joseph S. Clark...
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Secretary of Navy by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1869 after Sec. Adolph E. Borie had resigned office. His tenure lasted about seven and a half years...
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American Civil War the Order's constitution provided for honorary members (i.e. Third Class Companions) who were civilians who had made significant contributions...
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Navy during World War II USS Borie (DD-704), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer in the United States Navy Adolph E. Borie (1809–1880), United States merchant...
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Philadelphia business person Adolph E. Borie. Borie resigned from office on June 25, 1869, finding the job stressful. Borie's noted accomplishment was the...
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George S. Boutwell Secretary of Treasury. Philadelphia businessman Adolph E. Borie was appointed Secretary of Navy, but found the job stressful and resigned...
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Philadelphia Union League included Cyrus McCormick, Robert Todd Lincoln, Adolph E. Borie, Daniel Burnham, William D. Boyce, Charles D. Barney, and George J...
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C. § 8013) to "conduct all the affairs of the Department of the Navy", i.e. as its chief executive officer, subject to the limits of the law, and the...
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List of burials at Laurel Hill Cemetery (section E)
Bonnell (1802–1840), West Point graduate, hero of the Texas Revolution Adolph E. Borie (1809–1880), Secretary of the Navy John Bouvier (1781–1851), jurist...
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USS Ajax (1864) by the prominent Philadelphian Secretary of the Navy Adolph E. Borie and saw action in the Spanish–American War. The second ship to be named...
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President Joseph R. Biden, director of the Penn Biden Center 2018–2020 Adolph E. Borie: US secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S. Grant William...
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many enemies during his brief tenure as advisor to Navy secretary Adolph E. Borie the previous year, and the House voted to abolish the grades of admiral...
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Railroad's current board. Powell brought up matters of outside dealings of Adolph E. Borie, and his brother-in-law H. Pratt McKean, and Gowen was unable to accept...
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Haute Cabrière, La Petite Provence, La Bourgogne, La Motte, La Bri, La Borie, La Chataigne and La Roche. Huguenot Huguenot Monument Huguenot Memorial...
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in 1997 in Washington, D.C. The Happy Warrior Alfred E. Smith (1928) Air Mail scandal August Adolph Gennerich, Roosevelt's bodyguard Cultural depictions...
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estate was built in 1912 as a summer cottage for Christine Penrose and Adolph G. Rosengarten Sr., the latter of whom was the head of Rosengarten & Sons...
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William Faxon June 1, 1866 March 3, 1869 Andrew Johnson Gideon Welles, Adolph Edward Borie, George Maxwell Robeson, Richard Wigginton Thompson, Nathan Goff...
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(DE-170/FF-170) USS Bordelon (DD-881/DDR-881) USS Boreas (AF-8) USS Borer (1814) USS Borie (DD-215, DD-704) USS Borum (DE-790/APD-82) USS Bosque (APA-135) USS Boston...
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architect Paul Philippe Cret as the lead architect and the firm of Zantzinger, Borie and Medary as associated architects, with Detroit architectural firms of...
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from SIRIS. Kvaran & Lockley New Haven County Courthouse, from SIRIS. Mary E. O'Leary, New Haven Superior Courthouse once again a jewel on the Green, New...
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SS Melville E. Stone was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Melville Elijah Stone (August 22, 1848 – February...
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arrival of Grant's son Fred, and former navy secretary and good friend Adolph Borie. From Queenstown, the Grants left by private ship, sailing into the Mediterranean...
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department are then voted on by the entire membership. Contents: Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Robert Adams, 2014 Jennifer Bartlett...
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Dewey United States AC Horace Trumbauer United States AC Zantzinger, Borie & Medary United States AC Léopold Bévière France AC Louis Bonnier France...
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