Randall S. Street

Randall S. Street
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 4th district
In office March 4, 1819 – March 3, 1821
Preceded by	James Tallmadge Jr.
Succeeded by	William W. Van Wyck
Personal details
Born	1780 (1780) Catskill, New York, U.S.
Died	November 21, 1841(1841-11-21) (aged 60–61) Monticello, New York, U.S.
Resting place	Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S.
Party	Federalist
Children	Alfred Billings Street
Relatives	Anna Morton (granddaughter) Levi P. Morton (grandson-in-law)
Occupation	Politician, lawyer
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Rank	Lieutenant colonel
Battles/wars	War of 1812

Randall S. Street (1780 Catskill, then Albany Co., now Greene County, New York – November 21, 1841 Monticello, Sullivan County, New York) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

Street pursued classical studies. He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Poughkeepsie. He was District Attorney for the Second District (comprising Rockland, Orange, Ulster, Dutchess and Delaware counties) from February 1810 to February 1811, and from March 1813 to February 1815. In the War of 1812 he served as lieutenant colonel of militia.

Street was elected as a Federalist to the 16th United States Congress, holding office from March 4, 1819, to March 3, 1821. In 1823, he removed to Monticello where he continued the practice of law until his death. He was interred in Poughkeepsie.

He was the father of poet, author and New York State Librarian Alfred Billings Street, and grandfather of Anna Morton, wife of Vice President Levi P. Morton.

Sources

• United States Congress. "Randall S. Street (id: S001002)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• The New York Civil List (1858; pages 71, 367 and 448)