[1] Silverman attended public school and the Brooklyn City Institute.
[2] Silverman was active with the Democratic Party since 1859, initially in New York City and later in Brooklyn.
In 1874, he was elected to the New York State Assembly as a Democrat, representing the Kings County 8th District (Wards 15, 17, and 18 of Brooklyn).
[3] Silverman later worked as a clerk in the Ewen Street Police Court in Williamsburg[4] under Justice Watson.
[2] Silverman was a Master of the Mount Neboh Lodge of the Freemasons and was a member of the Royal Arch Masonry.