Antedating of "Lobbyist"

[Fred Shapiro]

lobbyist (OED 1863)

1849 _New Hampshire Gazette_ 31 July 2 (America's Historical Newspapers)
This interest and this feeling were taken advantage of and subjected to a
constant stimulation by a score of indefatigable lobbyists, who kept up an
untiring attack upon the members.

Fred Shapiro


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