Editing Lobbying (section)

==Etymology==
That architectural sense of ''lobby'' is believed to originate from the medieval Latin ''lobia'' or ''lobium'', which refers to a gallery, hall, or portico. This architectural sense was later adopted to describe the practice of advocating or debating in such spaces.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Higashi |first=Alejandro |date=2012-07-01 |title=Lexicon Latinitatis Medii Aevi Regni Legionis (s. VIII-1230) Imperfectum/Léxico latinorromance del reino de León (s. VIII-1230).Editioni curandae prefuit Maurilio Pérez. Brepols Publishers, Turnhout, 2010 (Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Medievalis). |journal=Nueva Revista de Filología Hispánica   |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=582 |doi=10.24201/nrfh.v60i2.1062 |issn=2448-6558|doi-access=free }}</ref>

In a report carried by the [[British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)|BBC]], an [[OED]] [[lexicographer]] has shown that "lobbying" finds its roots in the gathering of [[Members of parliament#United Kingdom|Members of Parliament]] and [[peerage|peers]] in the hallways ("lobbies") of the United Kingdom [[Houses of Parliament]] before and after parliamentary debates where members of the public can meet their representatives.<ref name="BBC-Lobby">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/82529.stm |title=BBC Definition of lobbying |work=BBC News |date=2008-10-01 |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>

One story held that the term originated at the [[Willard InterContinental Washington|Willard Hotel]] in Washington, D.C., where it was supposedly used by [[Ulysses S. Grant|President Ulysses S. Grant]] to describe the political advocates who frequented the hotel's lobby to access Grant—who was often there in the evenings to enjoy a cigar and brandy—and then tried to buy the president drinks in an attempt to influence his political decisions.<ref name="NPR - A Lobbyist by Any Other Name">{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2006/01/22/5167187/a-lobbyist-by-any-other-name| date=January 22, 2006|website=NPR|title=A Lobbyist by Any Other Name?}}</ref> Although the term may have gained more widespread currency in Washington, D.C., by virtue of this practice during the [[Grant Administration]], the [[OED English|OED]] cites numerous documented uses of the word well before Grant's presidency, including use in Pennsylvania as early as 1808.<ref name="NPR - A Lobbyist by Any Other Name" />

The term "lobbying" also appeared in print as early as 1820:<ref>Deanna Gelak (previous president of the American League of Lobbyists) mentioned this in her book ''Lobbying and Advocacy: Winning Strategies, Resources, Recommendations, Ethics and Ongoing Compliance for Lobbyists and Washington Advocates'', TheCapitol.Net, 2008, LobbyingAndAdvocacy.com</ref>

{{blockquote|Other letters from Washington affirm, that members of the Senate, when the compromise question was to be taken in the House, were not only "lobbying about the Representatives' Chamber" but also active in endeavoring to intimidate certain weak representatives by insulting threats to dissolve the Union.
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