Alfred Orendorff

Joseph Orendorff died in 1853; with his mother, Alfred then moved to Lincoln, Illinois, where he attended normal schools.

In autumn 1867, Orendorff moved to Springfield, Illinois and began practicing law alongside William Herndon and Charles S. Zane at their law firm, Herndon & Zane.

During this session, he was a member of the Judiciary Committed and helped draft a number of statutes necessitated by the 1870 Illinois Constitution.

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.