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The Last of the "Log Cabin Presidents" James Garfield was the last president to ... Less than two years after James's birth, his father, Abram, died of fever and exhaustion in the family's cabin ...

But James Garfield, before being elected president ... and served on the boards of many prominent local institutions. Abram or "Abe" received a Bachelor of Science degree in architecture from ...