Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A 1848, juyin juya halin Fabrairu
ya haifar da watsi da "Sarkin Citizen" Louis-Philippe. An ayyana Jamhuriyar ta Biyu, tare da Alphonse de Lamartine a matsayin shugaban gwamnatin rikon kwarya. Kodayake Vidocq ya kasance mai alfahari da karɓar karɓar karɓar sarki a fadar sarki kuma ya yi alfahari game da damar da yake da shi ga Louis-Philippe, ya ba da sabis ga sabuwar gwamnati. Aikinsa shi ne sa ido a kan abokan hamayyar siyasa kamar Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, dan uwan Napoleon I. A halin yanzu, sabuwar gwamnatin ta shiga cikin rikici da tashin hankali. A zaben shugaban kasa na 10 ga Disamba, 1848, Lamartine ya sami ƙuri'u kasa da 8,000. Vidocq ya gabatar da kansa a matsayin dan takara a cikin 2nd Arrondissement amma ya sami kuri'a ɗaya kawai. Wanda ya yi nasara a fili, kuma ta haka ne shugaban Jamhuriyar ta Biyu, shi ne Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, wanda bai amsa tayin Vidocq na aiki a gare shi ba.