Theodore Stevens

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Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) speaks at a news conference on the America Competes Act at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 5, 2007. (Katie Falkenberg / The Washington Times)

A press conference sponsored by Alaska Senators Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski was held in support of opening ANWR, the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve, to oil drilling, in the Senate in Congress in Washington DC, on Friday, October 28, 2005. ( Roey Yohai / The Washington Times )

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Outgoing Alfalfa Club president and Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens has a friendly wave ready as he enters the Capital Hilton and spots some friends. The annual dinner was held on Saturday, January 27. ( James R. Brantley / The Washington Times )

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In this Oct. 30, 2008 file photo, U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska , right, answers a question from Democrat candidate Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich during a congressional debate in Anchorage, Alaska. Stevens, an uncompromising advocate for Alaska for four decades who delivered scores of expensive projects to one of the nation's most sparsely populated states, died in a plane crash on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at the age of 86. Family spokesman Mitch Rose says Stevens was among the victims of a crash outside Dillingham, Alaska about 325 miles southwest of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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In this Oct. 29, 2008 file photo, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, tells supporters, during a rally to welcome the Alaska senator home in Anchorage, Alaska, he's innocent of the charges brought against him and vowing he will be vindicated. Stevens, an uncompromising advocate for Alaska for four decades who delivered scores of expensive projects to one of the nation's most sparsely populated states, died in a plane crash on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at the age of 86. Family spokesman Mitch Rose says Stevens was among the victims of a crash outside Dillingham, Alaska about 325 miles southwest of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)

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In this July 30, 2007 file photo, Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, walks through the U.S. Capitol after a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington. Stevens, an uncompromising advocate for Alaska for four decades who delivered scores of expensive projects to one of the nation's most sparsely populated states, died in a plane crash on Monday, Aug. 9, 2010 at the age of 86. Family spokesman Mitch Rose says Stevens was among the victims of a crash outside Dillingham, Alaska about 325 miles southwest of Anchorage. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke, File)