Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| Name | Took Office | Left Office | Party | District Residence | Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| District created | District created | November 16, 1907 |  |  |  |
| James S. Davenport | November 16, 1907 | March 4, 1909 | Democratic |  |  |
| Charles E. Creager | March 4, 1909 | March 4, 1911 | Republican |  |  |
| James S. Davenport | March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1915 | Democratic |  | Redistricted to the 1st district |
| Charles D. Carter | March 4, 1915 | March 4, 1927 | Democratic |  | Redistricted from the 4th district |
| Wilburn Cartwright | March 4, 1927 | January 3, 1943 | Democratic |  |  |
| Paul Stewart | January 3, 1943 | January 3, 1947 | Democratic |  |  |
| Carl Albert | January 3, 1947 | January 3, 1977 | Democratic | McAlester | Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1971-1977 |
| Wes Watkins | January 3, 1977 | January 3, 1991 | Democratic | Ada |  |
| Bill Brewster | January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1997 | Democratic |  |  |
| Wes Watkins | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2003 | Republican | Stillwater |  |
| Frank Lucas | January 3, 2003 | present | Republican | Cheyenne | Redistricted from the 6th district, Incumbent |
Question:
how many past representatives did this district have, not including the current representative?
Answer:
8