Remember that the father of modern progressivism (at least one of them) is Woddrow Wilson, a virulent racist who resegregated the Federal bureaucracy (after a Republican had desegregated it.) Wilson may be the most virulent racist ever to occupy the White House. (Lyndon Johnson could give him a run for his money.)
Oh, did I mention that President Wilson was a Democrat?
Wilson’s presidency saw the end of the Founder’s America, but Wilson was hardly a founder of progressivism. Wilson was in poor health and still mostly a student when the progressive movement was sweeping the country and reforms were enacted.