Madison Cawthorn Wedding

Madison Cawthorn and his wife Cristina Cawthorn married on Saturday in Hendersonville, North Carolina

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It's been a busy few months for Rep. Madison Cawthorn, one of the youngest Congressmen in history, who took office in January and became a lightning rod as much for his personal controversies as for his political style.

On Saturday, in a celebration not entirely separate from those headlines, the 25-year-old North Carolina lawmaker married Cristina Bayardelle.

In social media posts, the young Republican said marrying Bayardelle, an Instagram fitness influencer, was "the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life."

"My fiancé actually picked that date," Cawthron told PEOPLE last year. "I was in a car accident on April 3 [seven years ago, leaving him partially paralyzed] and so that's obviously a very sad day for me where I'm really morose. She decided to choose the date of April 3, so it kind of changes that history in my mind — to where it's not my saddest day, it's my favorite day." 

Cawthorn and Bayardelle tied the knot during an outdoor ceremony in Hendersonville, North Carolina, taking their vows in front of a gigantic wooden cross.