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Dan Clodfelter

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Dan Clodfelter
image	Dan Clodfelter.jpg
office	57th Mayor of Charlotte
term_start	April 9, 2014
term_end	December 7, 2015
predecessor	Michael Barnes (acting)
successor	Jennifer Roberts
office1	Member of the North Carolina Senate
term_start1	January 1, 1999
term_end1	April 8, 2014
predecessor1	Leslie Winner
successor1	Jeff Jackson
constituency1	40th district (1999–2003)
37th district (2003–2014)
birth_date
birth_place	Thomasville, North Carolina, U.S.
party	Democratic
spouse	Elizabeth
children	2
education	Davidson College (BA)
Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA)
Yale University (JD)

37th district (2003–2014) Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA) Yale University (JD) Daniel G. Clodfelter (born June 2, 1950) is an American politician and attorney from North Carolina. He served as a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the State's thirty-seventh Senate district, which includes constituents in Mecklenburg County, from January 1999 through April 8, 2014, when he resigned after being appointed Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina.

Education and legal career

Clodfelter was born in Thomasville, North Carolina and graduated from Thomasville Senior High School, after attending one of the first sessions of the Governor's School of North Carolina in 1966.

In 1972 and was named a Rhodes Scholar and earned another bachelor's degree from Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1974. He then attended the Yale Law School, earning his J.D. degree in 1977. Clodfelter served as a law clerk for Judge James B. McMillan of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of N.C. from 1977–78, after which he entered private practice in Charlotte.

Political career

Clodfelter served as a member of the Charlotte City Council, representing District One (East Charlotte) from 1987 to 1993. Clodfelter was elected to the North Carolina Senate in 1998 and for many years served as Co-Chair of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and as Vice Chair of the Judiciary One Committee. Clodfelter has been a Trustee of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation since 1982.

Mayor of Charlotte

After Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon resigned from his office on 26 March 2014, several members of the Charlotte City Council expressed their support for Clodfelter to fill out Cannon's term. His appointment as mayor was endorsed by The Charlotte Observer. On April 7, 2014, the City Council appointed Clodfelter as mayor. He resigned as a member of the North Carolina Senate on April 8, and was sworn in as mayor of Charlotte on April 9. He ran for a full term in 2015 but was defeated in the primary by Jennifer Roberts.

Family

Daniel Clodfelter is married to Elizabeth K. Bevan; they have two adult children.

References

"North Carolina manual [serial]".
[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04/01/4810447/clodfelter-has-what-city-needs.html#.UzuDq9hOWM9 "Dan Clodfelter has what Charlotte needs"] {{Webarchive. link. (2014-12-18 , Charlotte Observer (Our View), 1 April 2014)
[http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/04/06/4822901/clodfelter-appears-to-have-votes.html Charlotte Observer]
(8 April 2014). "Dan Clodfelter selected as Charlotte's new mayor". [[WGHP]].
"Dan Clodfelter selected as mayor of Charlotte". [[WBTV]].

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