Herbert Hoover. 4 ¾†x 8†partially printed document completed by him and signed on the reverse, State of California, Operator’s Application (Drivers License), April 8, 1933. After losing the 1932 Presidential election to Franklin Roosevelt, Hoover departed from Washington in March 1933 with some bitterness, disappointed both that he had been repudiated by the voters and unappreciated for his best efforts. The Hoovers went first to New York City, where they stayed for a while in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. Later that spring, they returned to California to their Palo Alto residence. On the application Hoover indicates that he has been licensed as an operator since 1922, having received his license from the “District of Columbia.†There is a horizontal fold through the center of the document.