Only Presiential candidate to seek election without a running mate?

Question

John Quincy Adams, Chester A Arthur, Gerald R Ford, Ronald Reagan

Answer 1

John Quincy Adams. Reagan had a running mate - incidentally, in his failed campaign in 1976 he tried something unusual and designated a running mate during the primaries. Ford and Arthur were both VPs who were never elected to the Presidency, and I'm almost sure Arthur was never a candidate. Ford's VP was nelson Rockefeller, but when he ran in 1976, his running mate was Bob Dole. Adams won in the old days before party tickets, and actually won by fairly dubious means in spite of doing poorly in the popular vote.

Answer 2

To clarify a bit, the Vice Presidency, as it was originally established, was the post given to the loser of the national election. So technically, everybody from George Washington through John Quincy Adams falls into that category.

Answer 3

In the earliest elections, there were no running mates. The 2nd highest vote getters were elected to the Vice-Presidency. Example: Washington is elected, John Adams finished 2nd and became his VP
Adams is elected and Jefferson gets the 2nd most votes and is his VP....ect.

Answer 4

Thank you for the answer.