<P> The party was strongest in the South and weakest in the Northeast . It demanded states ' rights as expressed by the `` Principles of 1798 '' articulated in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that would allow states to nullify a federal law . Above all , the party stood for the primacy of the yeoman farmers . Republicans were deeply committed to the principles of republicanism , which they feared were threatened by the supposed monarchical tendencies of the Hamiltonian Federalists . The party came to power in 1801 with the election of Jefferson in the 1800 presidential election . The Federalists -- too elitist to appeal to most people -- faded away and totally collapsed after 1815 . Despite internal divisions , the Republicans dominated the First Party System until partisanship itself withered away during the Era of Good Feelings after 1816 . </P>
<P> The party was strongest in the South and weakest in the Northeast . It demanded states ' rights as expressed by the `` Principles of 1798 '' articulated in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions that would allow states to nullify a federal law . Above all , the party stood for the primacy of the yeoman farmers . Republicans were deeply committed to the principles of republicanism , which they feared were threatened by the supposed monarchical tendencies of the Hamiltonian Federalists . The party came to power in 1801 with the election of Jefferson in the 1800 presidential election . The Federalists -- too elitist to appeal to most people -- faded away and totally collapsed after 1815 . Despite internal divisions , the Republicans dominated the First Party System until partisanship itself withered away during the Era of Good Feelings after 1816 . </P>
who was the first president from the newly evolved democratic-republican party
who was the first president from the newly evolved democratic-republican party
Jefferson
Jefferson