"log-rolling", 1821 (antedates 1823)

[Joel S. Berson]

[Article titled "Bankrupt Bill".]

"A member of congress, who is opposed to the bill ... He says there
was an understanding, a "[k]ind of log rolling" between the friends
of the bankrupt and land bill."

Baltimore Patriot & Mercantile Advertiser, 1821 March 3, page 2, col. 5.

Antedates OED2 "log-rolling" sense 2.a.  1823--.

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