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Regardless, he was a great lawyer and a shrewd negotiator, his most famous case being when he successfully argued at the US Supreme Court that the [[Amistad]] Africans were illegally enslaved and had every right to fight for their freedom.
As ''[[Cracked.com]]''{{'}}s [http://www.cracked.com/article_15895_the-5-most-badass-presidents-all-time_p3.html The 5 Most Badass Presidents of All-Time] points out: "He kept [[Big Bad Pet|a pet alligator]] in the East Wing of the White House. That actually probably came in handy for some of that shrewd negotiating we mentioned earlier."
[[Anthony Hopkins]] received an [[Academy Award]] nomination for his portrayal of him in [[Amistad]].
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A [[Brevity Is Wit|one-minute]] biography can be found on [[YouTube]] [http://youtu.be/tEsLQf9T-xg here.]
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* [[Casual Nudity]]: Liked to swim in the Potomac River at night totally naked.
* [[Happily Adopted]]: While he had an actual father, [[Thomas Jefferson]] invoked the trope as he and JQ Adams' own dad were approaching death, saying that he and [[John Adams]] (with the latter's blessing) considered JQ Adams their own son together, as he represented their hopes and dreams for the United States.
* [[Never Live It Down]]: Supporters of [[Andrew Jackson]] never let the fact Henry Clay helped him become president by stepping out of the race in exchange for becoming Secretary of State
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]: President Iron, for sure. His refusal to compromise principle as opposed to pragmatism in part denied him a second term in office.
* [[Principles Zealot]]: Due to his intense morality, he stood firm for respecting the land rights of Native Americans, which earned him a lot of enemies from those who wanted more land, and stood up for the Amistad slaves and defended their freedom due to the illegality of their enslavement. The second is particularly notable given this was during a time not many would have especially cared about their fate.
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