Charles C. Foote

 Charles C. Foote, March 30, 1811 (Olean, NY) – May 3, 1891 (Detroit, Mich.)

VP candidate for National Liberty Party 1848

Running mate with nominee: Gerrit Smith (1797-1874)
Popular vote: 2,545 (0.56% of the vote in NY)            
Electoral vote: 0/290

The campaign:
In 1848 the Liberty Party nominated Sen. John Hale but he withdrew in order to endorse the growing Free Soil Party with Martin Van Buren at the head of the ticket. Most of the Liberty Party followed him. There were a few, however, who felt the Free Soilers were too compromised and the remaining Liberty Party purists reorganized into the National Liberty Party nominating Gerrit Smith and Charles C. Foote.

In spite of the "National" in the name, the Party was chiefly a regional movement in upstate New York, the only state where they appeared on the ballot. The platform was very religious in tone and called for active measures against alcohol, gambling, and prostitution. They also opposed tariffs and the US-Mexican War.    

Election history:
1882- Governor of Michigan (American Party) - defeated

Other occupations: Presbyterian minister, abolitionist, prohibitionist, fundraising agent of the Refugee Home Society

Buried: White Lake Cemetery (White Lake, Mich.)

Notes:
Graduate of Oberlin College.
Studied medicine for two years at Fairfield Medical College, NY
Ran for Governor of Michigan at the age of 71 promoting a blending of Church and State and
 prohibition among other things. He placed 5th with 343 votes (0.11%)
Active with the Underground Railroad in Michigan, helping escaped slaves migrate to Ontario.
Was involved with the Prohibition Party.

Charles Francis Adams Sr.

Charles Francis Adams Sr., August 18, 1807 (Boston, Mass.) – November 21, 1886 (Boston, Mass.)

VP candidate for Free Soil Party 1848
Running mate with nominee: Martin Van Buren (1782-1862)
Popular vote: 291,501 (10.12%)    
Electoral vote: 0/290

The campaign: Comprised of refugees from the Liberty Party as well as disaffected Whigs and Democrats, the Free Soil Party's campaign of preventing the spread of slavery as America moved westward attracted former President Van Buren as the standard bearer and an Adams as the running mate, a formidable ticket for a third party. This would be the first of three attempts by a former President to regain the office via a third party run. Van Buren knew he wouldn't win but due to apparent personal animosity he wanted to deny Lewis Cass a victory (who beat him out of the Democratic nomination), which it seems he accomplished.

The Free Soil Party was on the ballot in just over half the states, all in the North. They placed second in Vermont (28.87%), Massachusetts (28.45%), New York (26.43%), and were possible spoilers in Connecticut swinging all of those states to the winner Zachary Taylor.

Election history:
1840-1843 Massachusetts House of Representatives (Whig)
1843-1845 Massachusetts State Senate (Whig)
1858-1861 US House of Representatives (Mass.) (Republican)
1872 - Nominee, US President (Liberal Republican) - defeated
1872 - US President (Anti-Masonic) - defeated
1876 - Governor of Massachusetts (Democratic) - defeated

Other occupations: author, historian, newspaper editor, United States Envoy to the United Kingdom 1861-1868, Harvard University Overseer, U.S. arbiter on the 1871–72 international commission to settle the "Alabama" claims,

Buried: Mount Wollaston Cemetery, Quincy, Mass.

Notes:
First third party VP candidate born in the 19th century.
Strongest showing by a third party up to that point in US history.
Son and grandson of US Presidents.
Declined the presidency of Harvard University
Started first presidential library (for John Quincy Adams)
His sister-in-law, Charlotte, was married to Edward Everett who would later be another third party running mate in 1860 (Constitutional Union Party)
His son, John Quincy Adams II, was a third party running mate in 1872 when nominated on the "Straight-Out Democratic" ticket.
As Ambassador to the UK, Adams was in correspondence with Karl Marx and passed along the economist's writings to President Lincoln.
Adams considered Lincoln to be vulgar, uncouth, and ill-prepared for the presidency.
His political benefactor in the 1860s was William H. Seward.
The 1848 election was the first US election that took place on the same day in every state.