'Tommy the Cork'
Article Abstract:
Thomas 'Tommy the Cork' Corcoran, a member of Franklin D. Roosevelt's first team of political operators, helped create lobbying according to his biographer, David McKean. Corcoran flourished as a lobbyist, capitalizing on his personal contacts with politicians, his intricate knowledge of how government worked and his legal training.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2005
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'Swarming' lobbyists
Article Abstract:
Lobbying is older than Congress and the term dates to mid-17th-century England and remained a strictly man-to-man operation. The personal, man-to-man nature of lobbying meant that companies or industries with big interests to protect hired many mouthpieces and lobbying was associated with political corruption.
Publication Name: CQ Researcher
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1056-2036
Year: 2005
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