Biography

12/16/1894 - 06/10/1965

Martin Silvert (D6) Philadelphia (Part) County 1951-1965

Early Life:

Martin Silvert, born December 16, 1894, Balta, city in Odessa district, Ukraine, Russia; son of Solomon and Hanna S. Silvert; active duty, apprentice seaman, Wissahickon Barracks, Cape May, New Jersey, Naval Unit, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Naval Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, honorable discharged, 1918-1921; Temple University Law School; teacher, Media, Pennsylvania; elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, attorney; married, Goldie Goldman, son Steven Silvert; died, June 10, 1965 (aged 70), University of Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania; interment Roosevelt Memorial Park, Trevose, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. 

Pennsylvania Politics:

Elected, Democrat, Pennsylvania State Senate, 6th district, Philadelphia (Part) County, 1951-1965; died, June 10,1965, William McLaughlin, elected, November 2, 1965, to fill vacancy.

Cited:

Cox, Harold. "Senate Members S". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania) · Friday, June 11, 1965 · Page 11.

Martin Silvert (1894-1965) - Find a Grave Memorial