I might include both Roosevelts in that discussion. TR created the National Park System as well as busted up the trusts. FDR for creating Social Security.

Lincoln was remarkable in that, during the middle of a war that was in doubt until late 1863, he got Congress to approve the trans-contiential railroad and the establishment of the land-grant college system. Michigan State and every public university that followed was created by the stroke of Lincoln's pen.