He served in the Assembly in 1894, during which time he presented bills that indefinitely extended commissioners' terms of office to secure uniformity of laws in the United States, provided for the appointment of inspector of meters, was related to the assignment of debtors,[5] and prevented to the erection of costly buildings by savings banks.
[15] Active in political and fraternal circles prior to becoming a Special Sessions Justice, Herrman was vice-president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of New York, secretary of the Purim Association, treasurer of the National Democratic Club, president of the Osceola Club and his B'nai B'rith lodge.
[15] Herrman died in his apartment at the Great Northern Hotel on February 14, 1927, a few days after suffering a stroke of apoplexy.
[15] Rabbi Samuel Schulman officiated his funeral at Temple Beth-El and Special Sessions Justice Frederic Kernochan delivered the eulogy.
Around 500 people attended the funeral, including General Sessions Judges Otto A. Rosalsky, Max S. Levine, and Cornelius F. Collins, New York Supreme Court Justice Isidor Wasservogel, Tammany Hall Secretary James F. Egan, Criminal Bar Association President Ely Rosenberg, Assistant District Attorney Harold W. Hastings, Edward L. Garvan, Magistrate Morris Gottlieb, Frank Briarly, former Magistrate Henry W. Unger, Assemblyman Frederick L. Hackenburg, and Chief Clerk of the General Sessions Court Frank Smith.