Lobbying and "log-rolling" in 1850 Indiana USA

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/7/2012 08:42 AM, Stephen Goranson wrote:
>My unofficial guess is that "log-rolling" may
>refer to legislators trading votes (in-house
>quid pro quo), whereas "lobying" could be
>practiced by non-legislators, for instance,
>buying legislators "oyster suppers," in hope of getting the vote sought.

I don't think an"oyster supper" (although it probably started as
turtle suppers) quite qualifies as lobbying by itself.  The event
would also have to include button-holding, cajoling, intimidating,
etc., and that would be the lobbying, not the supper.

Joel

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