[2] After the revolution of 4 September 1870 Jolibois returned to private life and again registered at the Paris bar.

[2] In the legislative elections of 20 February 1876 he was sponsored by Baron Eugène Eschassériaux as Bonapartist candidate for the second constituency of Saintes, Charente-Inférieure.

In his statement of belief he said he remained loyal to the empire and a firm believer in the Appel au peuple (plebiscite).

In the 16 May 1877 crisis he supported the government and became a member of the Bonapartist executive committee chaired by Eugène Rouher.

[2] Jolibois was named by Oscar Bardi de Fourtou as official candidate for the second constituency of Saintes in the legislative elections of 14 October 1877, and was reelected by 8,994 votes against 5,758 for the republican Count Lemercier.

He was strongly opposed to the domestic and foreign policies of the ministries of Léon Gambetta and Jules Ferry.

He made a proposal to revise the constitutional laws to restore the plebiscite, and supported General Boulanger's revisionist manifesto.

[2] In the 1889 elections Jolibois ran as a conservative rather than a Bonapartist, although he did not change his position, and was reelected in the first round.