 In the 16 May 1877 crisis he supported the government and became a member of the Bonapartist executive committee chaired by Eugène Rouher.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.On 4 November 1877 he also became a member of the General Council of Charente-Inférieure.