What U.S. president was nicknamed "The Last Cocked Hat" because he was the last president to wear the iconic tricornered hat so common during colonial times?

Our fifth president, James Monroe, was the last one to don a white wig and wear a three-cornered hat, which was a staple of the founding fathers, and in particular those who fought in the Revolutionary War. The term "cocked hat" referred to any hat that had a wide, stiff brim and was turned up on two or three sides.

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