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which he was elected from the counties of Madison and St. 

 Glair, in 1868. 



In 1864, he published a pamphlet on the Agricultural 

 College question, then beginning to awaken a renewed inter 

 est in our State, and joined with other friends of the move 

 ment in opposing the attempt to divide the agricultural and 

 mechanical grant between the existing colleges. 



In 1867, he was appointed one of the first Board of Trus 

 tees of the Illinois Industrial University, and elected Cor 

 responding Secretary of the Board, a position which he has 

 held since that time. 



LEGISLATIVE CAREER. 



In 1868, Mr. Flagg was nominated and elected State Sen 

 ator from the counties of Madison and St. Clair, and served 

 in the sessions of 1869 and 1871, the special sessions of 1871 

 and the adjourned session of 1872, during which period he 

 had an opportunity, in connection with his fellow-members 

 from that locality, of breaking down the Wiggins Ferry 

 monopoly at East St. Louis. He voted, though unsuccess 

 fully, against the infamous Lake Front Bill and the &quot; Grab 

 Law &quot; of 1869, by which the railroads combined to rob Chi 

 cago of her frontage to Lake Michigan. 



In the session of 1871, as Chairman of the Committee on 

 Education, he reported a revision of the school law, and in 

 troduced the clause for the study of the elements of the nat 

 ural sciences as a requirement in the qualification of teach 

 ers, and as a possible study for pupils. In both sessions his 

 attention was called to the railway question. His opinions 

 on the subject are briefly expressed in an address before the 

 literary societies of Shurtleff College, in June, 1869. 



&quot; The association of capital in this country,&quot; said Mr. 



