Abraham Lincoln called Jefferson "the most distinguished politician in our history."

Yasujirō then settled down to the quiet life of a distinguished former politician, traveling the world in 1961 and meeting with world leaders.

Cowper did useful work but does not rank among the more distinguished Australian politicians.

An idea of a modernized army was promoted by the most distinguished Serbian politicians and soldiers of those times.

His older brothers, George and Richard, also became distinguished politicians.

I was ushered in and introduced to a tall, handsome man with prematurely white hair that gave him the look of a distinguished politician.

Their members included many of the most distinguished English politicians and intellectuals.

The latter's eldest son George Curzon was a distinguished Conservative politician.

This first intake included Pat Cox, then a noted master debater, later a distinguished politician.

We are not engaged in what has occasionally been rather derisorily described as nation-building or, by one distinguished politician, as social work.