He was rated as the sixth most respected senator in a 1987 survey by fellow senators.

In the current round of corporate scandals, each has drawn comparisons to respected former senators like Howard H. Baker Jr. and George J. Mitchell, who were regarded as above the fray when political scandals rocked Washington.

Still, he was a respected senator, a man this table needed.

Father-in-law to the respected senator P. Mummius Sisenna Rutilianus, then-proconsul of Asia, Abonutichus was friends with many members of the east Roman elite.

Be cool with Kerry, a respected senator from a neighboring state who has forever shucked his Herman Munster image.

Other candidates, too, hope to capitalize on this disillusionment, foremost Raul Roco, a respected former senator who consistently has been topping the surveys, even beating Mr. Poe in some.

Today, the U.S. Capitol has many rooms and spaces named after respected senators.

"I actually observed fisticuffs between two of the most respected Republican senators ever to serve in this body on Christmas Eve."

He elopes with Desdemona, the beautiful daughter of a respected Venetian senator.