Madison Cawthorn is an American politician who is the incumbent Member of the House of Representatives from North Carolina’s 11th district.
He started his political career as a staffer for Republican Congressman Mark Meadows, whom he succeeded in 2021 following a victory against Democratic nominee Moe Davis in the November 2020 election. He assumed office on January 3, 2021.
His tenure was filled with controversies and allegations of insider trading and improper payments. Also to add to the defamation was a leaked nude video, which led to him losing his reelection bid to Chuck Edwards in the 2022 Republican primary.
David Madison Cawthorn was born to Priscilla and Roger Cawthorn on August 1, 1995, in Asheville, North Carolina. He has an older brother named Zachary Cawthorn. His parents homeschooled him through 12th grade, during which he used to play football with the Asheville Saints in a league that included homeschooled high school students.
What Is Madison Cawthorn’s Net Worth?
Madison Cawthorn is an American politician who has a net worth of $1 million.
He earned a fortune as the US representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district for over a year. The salary of a member of the House of Representatives in 2022 is $174,000 per annum. Though he is on his way out of Congress following the election, he has made an image and profile as a promising figure in politics in the future.
The 27-year-old is the first member of Congress born in the 90s and the third youngest in the history of the United States. He is a Republican Party politician who describes himself as a constitutional conservative.
Among his constituent status, Cawthorn’s website claims that he recovered an estimated $2,753,218 for North Carolina’s 11th district, with 1927 cases closed or solved and 11,968 messages responded to.
In his Congressional career, Cawthorn introduced more bills in the US House than any other freshman Congress member, thus solidifying his policy position by defining his office’s legislative priorities. In addition, he helped lead the charge to protect election integrity following the presidential election in 2020 and objected to the House’s certification of the election results.
Before getting into politics, Cawthorn did several jobs, such as working at a Chick-fil-A restaurant. He also worked full-time for more than a year in 2015/16 as a staff assistant for Representative Mark Meadows’s district office.
In 2014, Cawthorn was involved in a horrific accident while returning from a spring-break trip to Florida. He was riding as a passenger with his friend in a BMX X3 SUV near Daytona Beach, Florida, when his friend fell asleep, crashing the SUV into a concrete barrier while his feet were on the dashboard.
The injury left Cawthorn partially paralyzed and permanently wheelchair-ridden. During his recovery, he accrued $3 million in medical debt, which he received from an insurance company as a settlement. As of February 2021, he is seeking $30 million more from the insurance.
Madison Cawthorn Company And Investments
Madison Cawthorn is the CEO and owner of a real estate investment firm based in Hendersonville called SPQR Holdings, LLC.
He is the company’s sole employee, starting in August 2019, and has no reported income.
According to the registered address of his LLC, Cawthorn used his home address as the office’s address. The company’s only real estate transaction is purchasing a 6-acre property in Georgia for $20,000 in a foreclosure auction.
The nature of the transaction and the company seemed shady and raised questions from certain people who accused Cawthorn of opening the company just for the sake of it and with no real long-term motive.
However, despite the allegations, Cawthorn has not commented anything about the nature of his company and the reason for opening it in the first place.
Congressman Madison Cawthorn has invested his money in several companies.
He is an entrepreneur with a business-minded motive. Though he has not revealed much of his investments, it is undeniable that he sure has his money on different stocks, mutual funds, cryptos, and firms. In addition, he has been accused of insider trading while he was a Congressman for North Carolina.
In April 2022, junior US senator for North Carolina Thom Tillis called for an investigation into the 27-year-old for possible violation of the STOCK Act, stating that Cawthorn’s purchase of an anti-Biden cryptocurrency.
The 27-year-old said he trained in wheelchair racing for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. However, he never competed at a qualifying level and was not involved in a team.
Also, in March 2022, he was charged while driving while he had two speeding tickets pending, and his license was revoked. He had court dates in Polk and Cleveland counties earlier in June for speeding and driving with a revoked license.
More About Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn married Christina Bayardelle in a civil ceremony in December 2020, followed by an outdoor ceremony in April 2021. Bayardelle is a college student and competitive CrossFit athlete. Only a year into their marriage, in December 2021, Cawthorn announced they were getting divorced.
He identifies as a constitutional conservative and describes his views on abortion rights as pro-life or anti-abortion. He supports homosexual marriage but opposes transition treatment for minors.
In 2021, he joined the House Freedom Caucus of the conservative House Republicans. He describes himself as a fiscally conservative, and his stance on immigration is conservative. He also supports legal gun ownership and opposes gun control legislation.
In June 2021, he voted against a bill that would remove the statues of supremacists and Confederates from the US Capitol. In addition, he said that climate change is minimal and falsely asserted that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent.
Madison Cawthorn has 721K followers on his Instagram, @madisoncawthorn. Also, on Twitter, he has 176K followers on his account, @RepCawthorn.