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America's first lobbyist? Sign reading No Lobbyists Beyond This Point is posted on a marble wall inside the Maryland State House, with an arched hallway visible in the background. Political cartoon shows Uncle Sam as a lion trapped in a net labeled Lobbyism, with a small rat labeled Col. Mulhall nearby and the U.S. Capitol also caught in the net in the background. Representative Alfred M. Phillips stands beside his office door, looking at a sign reading Come in! Everybody welcome except professional lobbyists. A group of lobbyists in business attire walk up the steps toward the United States Capitol building in Washington, DC, with its white dome visible against a clear sky. A person in a frog costume stands near the office door of Senator Maggie Hassan at the Hart Senate Office Building, with flags and the office nameplate visible.
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  • Tracy Grant
    Tracy Grant is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She previously served as editor in chief, the first woman to hold that title. 

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Added photo slide show. Oct 15, 2026
Modified link of Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Lobbying - The Art of Influence. Sep 01, 2026
Article thoroughly revised. Jul 28, 2026
Added media. Jul 28, 2026
Add new Web site: CORE - Managing public affairs and lobbying: persuasive communication in the policy sphere. (PDF). Dec 16, 2025
Add new Web site: ABC listen - Radio National Breakfast - Lobbying reform back on the agenda. Nov 11, 2025
Add new Web site: OpenStax - American Government 3e - Interest Groups Defined. Oct 28, 2024
Add new Web site: Santa Clara University - Markkula Center for Applied Ethics - Lobbying Ethics. Oct 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Political Science - Editorial: Lobbying in comparative contexts. May 16, 2024
Add new Web site: Duke Health Government Relations - Lobbying Definitions, Exceptions, and Examples. Apr 05, 2024
Add new Web site: The Canadian Encyclopedia - Lobbying in Canada. Feb 09, 2024
Add new Web site: Emory University Finance - Lobbying and Political Activities. Aug 04, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - Lobbying regulation and ethics: current issues and future prospects (PDF). Jun 08, 2023
Add new Web site: University of Minnesota Libraries - Open Textbooks - Lobbying: The Art of Influence. Dec 16, 2022
Add new Web site: Social Sciences LibreTexts - Lobbying - The Art of Influence. Sep 27, 2022
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Why Lobbying Is Legal and Important in the U.S. Feb 28, 2020
Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Lobbying. Sep 27, 2018
Article revised. Sep 14, 2017
Add new Web site: Orgaisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development - Lobbying in the 21st Century. Aug 15, 2010
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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