During the anti-Royalist coup d'état of the 18th Fructidor (4 September) 1797, he was arrested and transported to French Guiana. Transferred to the island of Oléron in 1799, he was set free by Bonaparte after the Coup of 18 Brumaire. In 1801, under the Consulate, he became councillor of state and director of the Trésor public (Treasury), and in 1802 a senator.
During the anti-Royalist coup d'état of the 18th Fructidor (4 September) 1797, he was arrested and transported to French Guiana. Transferred to the island of Oléron in 1799, he was set free by Bonaparte after the Coup of 18 Brumaire. In 1801, under the Consulate, he became councillor of state and director of? the Trésor public (Treasury), and in 1802 a senator.