Puffer was active in local politics: he sat on the school board from 1893 to 1894 and from 1896 to 1902, and on the town council from 1903 to 1906.
Puffer was actively engaged in local politics: he sat on the school board between 1893 and 1894, then again from 1896 to 1902, and on the town council from 1903 to 1906.