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==Background==

==Background==

Claitor is the third of four sons of Robert Gregory Claitor, Sr., and the former Nancy McLellan (1934-2014), the daughter of the late Archibald Kenneth McLellan and the former Jewel Dean. Mrs. Claitor died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on October 22, 2014, two weeks before the primary election for Congress. Reared in Boyce in northern Rapides Parish in the home of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNeely Dean, Mrs. Claitor studied and taught [[ballet]], earned her credentials as a registered [[nurse]] in 1956 from the former Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]], and received a degree in psychiatric nursing from Loyola University New Orleans. At the time of her death, having retired from nursing, she was the harbor master and co-owner of Marina del Ray in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, and a co-owner and former manager of Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Company in Baton Rouge. An enthusiast of the [[France|French]] French language, she traveled extensively in [[France]] and sat on the board of Friends of French Studies at LSU. She was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=mrsclaitorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-mclellan-claitor&pid=172917892&fhid=17442|title=Nancy McLellan Claitor|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|date=October 25, 2014|accessdate=October 25, 2014}}</ref>​

Claitor is the third of four sons of Robert Gregory Claitor, Sr., and the former Nancy McLellan (1934-2014), the daughter of the late Archibald Kenneth McLellan and the former Jewel Dean. Mrs. Claitor died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident on October 22, 2014, two weeks before the primary election for Congress. Reared in Boyce in northern Rapides Parish in the home of her maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert McNeely Dean, Mrs. Claitor studied and taught [[ballet]], earned her credentials as a registered [[nurse]] in 1956 from the former Touro Infirmary in [[New Orleans]], and received a degree in psychiatric nursing from Loyola University New Orleans. At the time of her death, having retired from nursing, she was the harbor master and co-owner of Marina del Ray in Madisonville in St. Tammany Parish, and a co-owner and former manager of Claitor's Law Books and Publishing Company in Baton Rouge. An enthusiast of the [[France|French]] French language, she traveled extensively in [[France]] and sat on the board of Friends of French Studies at LSU. She was a [[United Methodist]].<ref name=mrsclaitorobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=nancy-mclellan-claitor&pid=172917892&fhid=17442|title=Nancy McLellan Claitor (mother of Dan Claitor)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=October 25, 2014|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref>​

Claitor and his brothers, James Dean Claitor, Robert Claitor, Jr., and John Fleming Claitor,<ref name=mrsclaitorobit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=james-daniel-claitor&pid=172000449&fhid=17442|title=James Daniel Claitor (uncle of Dan Claitor)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=August 8, 2014}}</ref> were reared within the boundaries of his Baton Rouge senatorial district. The family Claitor's Bookstore has published general works distinct to Louisiana and the memoirs of numerous Louisiana [[politician]]s, such as [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state education superintendent who twice lost gubernatorial campaigns in 1952 and 1959.

Claitor and his brothers, James Dean Claitor, Robert Claitor, Jr., and John Fleming Claitor,<ref name=mrsclaitorobit/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theadvocate/obituary.aspx?n=james-daniel-claitor&pid=172000449&fhid=17442|title=James Daniel Claitor (uncle of Dan Claitor)|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Morning Advocate''|accessdate=October 15, 2019}}</ref> were reared within the boundaries of his Baton Rouge senatorial district. The family Claitor's Bookstore has published general works distinct to Louisiana and the memoirs of numerous Louisiana [[politician]]s, such as [[Bill Dodd|William J. "Bill" Dodd]], a former lieutenant governor and state education superintendent who twice lost gubernatorial campaigns in 1952 and 1959.

Claitor's formal schooling began at the age of three in the preschool of the Department of Home Economics at LSU. He graduated in 1979 from Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge and then returned to LSU to complete in 1983 a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. According to his website, he considers the progress of LSU crucial to the retention and recruitment of business in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. As a youth, Claitor drove delivery trucks and worked the presses and bindery operations at Claitor's, for which he is still its legal counsel.<ref name=claitor>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitorforsenate.com/|title=''Claitor for Louisiana Senate District 16''|publisher=claitorforsenate.com|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​

Claitor's formal schooling began at the age of three in the preschool of the Department of Home Economics at LSU. He graduated in 1979 from Robert E. Lee High School in Baton Rouge and then returned to LSU to complete in 1983 a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance. According to his website, he considers the progress of LSU crucial to the retention and recruitment of business in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area. As a youth, Claitor drove delivery trucks and worked the presses and bindery operations at Claitor's, for which he is still its legal counsel.<ref name=claitor>{{cite web|url=http://www.claitorforsenate.com/|title=''Claitor for Louisiana Senate District 16''|publisher=claitorforsenate.com|accessdate=April 18, 2009}}</ref>​