Woodrow Wilson - D, the pioneer of todays modern day progressives was the most racist president we ever had. He set blacks, who were rising slowly but surely within in the federal government back through segregation.
“Woodrow Wilson - D, the pioneer of todays modern day progressives”
Nope.
Despite the un-historical nonsense promoted by the likes of Glenn Beck and Dinesh D’Souza, the first progressive American President was none other than Teddy Roosevelt, Republican.
Teddy kick started the Amendment that would permit the income tax. He was a trust buster. And the National Monetary Commission which led to the Federal Reserve Act began with his signature on the Aldrich-Vreeland Act. Named for two Republicans.
And moreover Teddy Roosevelt was responsible for the election of Woodrow Wilson. Teddy ran as the nominee of the Progressive Party in 1912, siphoning off votes that otherwise would have gone to his former VP William Howard Taft.
The Republican party of 1900 was the home of progressives. It wasn’t until years later that they migrated to the Democrats. A number of TR Republicans ended up working for Teddy’s cousin FDR.