9 Gifts for the Capitol Hill Powerbroker

Available at Ace Beverage (3301 New Mexico Ave., NW; 202-966-4444).

Assertive, smoky, limited-edition Pechuga mescal, $200 Photograph by Pechuga

Available at the Hour Shop (1015 King St., Alexandria; 703-224-4687)

Glo Hill Bakelite bar-tool set, $350 Photograph by Glo Hill Bakelite

Available at at the National Archives shop (700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW; 202-357-5271)

Porcelain plates with definitions of a Republican or a Democrat, $16.95 each Photograph by National Archives

Available at at Sterling & Burke (2824 Pennsylvania Ave., NW; 202-333-2266).

Ravi Ratan sterling-silver cuff links, $195 Photograph by Ravi Ratan

Available at Neiman Marcus and neimanmarcus.com.

Creed’s Royal-Oud, from a sixth-generation French fragrance firm, $299.99 Photograph by Creed

Available at at Best Buy and bestbuy.com.

Bose QuietComfort Noise Cancelling Headphones, $300 Photograph by Boise

Available at Amazon.

In Hemingway’s Boat, writer Paul Hendrickson captures the complexities of a man often at sea, $15.99 Photograph by Amazon

Available at Brooks Brothers and brooksbrothers.com.

Deerskin cashmere-lined gloves, $228 Photograph by Brooks Brothers

Available at Sterling & Burke.

Swaine Adeney Brigg hand-stitched leather briefcase, $1,450 Photograph by Swaine Adeney Brigg