He was considered the fourth-ranking member of the government.

Ian Drake, known as "Light Blue," is the fourth-ranking member of the team.

Gary Logan, later known as "Shapeshifter," is the fourth-ranking member of Version Two.

Mr. Watts, the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership, said his goals in Congress had been accomplished and that he wished to spend more time with his family.

"Whenever things get partisan up here, the public gets turned off," said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership.

Today, candidate Gephardt, whose stump speeches are replete with criticism of the Washington "establishment," became Congressman Gephardt, the fourth-ranking member of the House Democratic leadership.

He defeated Steny Hoyer, the chairman of the Democratic caucus and fourth-ranking member of the leadership, by 160 votes to 109.

Shackleton and his men had salvaged three lifeboats, and Greenstreet was the fourth-ranking member of the expedition.

Ms. Pryce, the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership and a moderate on many social issues, is facing her first competitive contest in a decade against Ms. Kilroy, a local county commissioner.

First elected in 1994, Mr. Watts, 44, is chairman of the House Republican Conference and the fourth-ranking member of the House Republican leadership.