hiː wʌz sᵻlˈɛktᵻd ɪn ɐ spˈɛʃəl ᵻlˈɛkʃən tə fˈɪnɪʃ ðə tˈɜːm ʌv tˈɑːməs bˈiː. ɹˈɑːbɚtsən ɪn wˈʌn θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪthˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪtiːn ænd wʌz ɹˌiːᵻlˈɛktᵻd ðə sˈeɪm jˈɪɹ tə ðə sˈɪkstiːnθ kˈɑːŋɡɹəs.
He was selected in a special election to finish the term of Thomas B. Robertson in 1818 and was re-elected the same year to the Sixteenth Congress.