Education
He studied law, and was admitted to the bar and began practice in Poughkeepsie.
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Randall Street
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Career
Street pursued classical studies. 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.
