He attended St Joseph's College of Industrial Relations and took courses at the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania.
[3] In 1958, Salvatore became the chairman of L&M Beverage Co. Inc., a wholesale beer distributor and operated the business until he sold it in 2001.
[4] He was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 170th district and served for five consecutive terms.
He presented the legislature with a bill proposing secession of Northeast Philadelphia from the rest of the city to form an entity called Liberty County but it found no broad political support.
[2] He died in July 2014 at a Holy Redeemer Hospital in Meadowbrook, Pennsylvania[6][4] and is interred at the Resurrection Cemetery in Philadelphia.