In addition to law and politics, Orendorff was active in business, serving as president of the Sterling Life Insurance Company of Springfield and of the International Bank & Trust Company of Vinita. In 1893, Governor of Illinois John Peter Altgeld named Orendorff adjutant general of the Illinois National Guard and Orendorff held this position from January 20, 1893, until January 3, 1896. Orendorff served as president of the Sangamon County Bar Association, and then, in 1897-98, as president of the Illinois State Bar Association. He was also a director of the Illinois State Historical Society and a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Sangamon Club, and the Iroquois Club of Chicago. Orendorff died on October 22, 1909, and is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery. References History of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Inter-state Publishing Company, 1881), pp. 127-128 Portrait and Biographical Album of Sangamon County, Illinois (Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1891) Joseph Wallace, Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County, Illinois (1904) List of Adjutant Generals of the Illinois National Guard Gravestone at Oak Ridge Cemetery 1845 births 1909 deaths Illinois lawyers People from Logan County, Illinois Illinois Wesleyan University alumni Albany Law School alumni People of Illinois in the American Civil War Illinois Republicans Illinois Democrats Members of the Illinois House of Representatives Illinois Liberal Republicans Adjutants General of Illinois People from Lincoln, Illinois