Don’t make the mistake of using the extreme left’s definition of progressive. Conservatives are the true Progressives according to the real definition of the word.
Progress: gradual betterment; especially : the progressive development of humankind
The extreme left version is actually regressive. T. Roosevelt was not a regressive, nor would he be considered one today, by any reasonable stretch of the imagination.
He wasn’t a perfect man. However, even those who many of us Conservatives greatly admire, such as Goldwater, Reagan, Palin, etc., aren’t perfect either.
I say he was a great man, with many great accomplishments to his credit.