Daniel G. Clodfelter

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Sen. Daniel Clodfelter
Sen. Daniel Clodfelter

Daniel G. Clodfelter (born 2 June 1950) is a Democratic member of the North Carolina General Assembly representing the state's thirty-seventh Senate district, including constituents in Mecklenburg county. An attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina, Clodfelter is currently (2003-2004 session) serving in his third term in the state Senate.

Clodfelter was born in Thomasville, North Carolina and graduated from Thomasville Senior High School in 1968. He earned a bachelor's degree from Davidson College in 1972 and was named a Rhodes Scholar; he earned another bachelor's degree from Oxford University in 1974. Clodfelter then attended the Yale Law School, earning his law degree in 1977. Clodfelter entered private law practice; he sereved as a member of the Charlotte city council and became a member of the North Carolina Senate in 1998. He is married to Elizabeth K. Bevan; they have two children.