This is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Arizona Supreme Court.

Arizona Supreme Court justices

#JusticeBorn–diedBegan termEnded termTerm(s) as
chief justice
Term(s) as vice
chief justice
PartyAppointed byReason for termination
1Alfred Franklin1871–?February 14, 1912November 13, 19181912–1914
1917
D[1]electedresignation
2Donald L. Cunningham1866–1947February 14, 1912January 4, 19211918–1920D[1]electedterm expiration
3Henry D. Ross1861–1945February 14, 1912February 9, 19451915–1916
1921–1922
1927–1928
1933–1934
1939–1940
1945–1945
D[1]electeddeath
4John Wilson Ross1863–1945November 13, 1918January 6, 1919D[2]Hunt (D)term expiration
5Albert C. Baker1845–1921January 6, 1919August 31, 1921D[3]electeddeath
6Archibald G. McAlister1873–1950January 4, 1921January 1, 19451923–1926
1931–1932
1937–1938
1943–1944
D[4]electedterm expiration
7Edward Flanigan1874–1932September 28, 1921January 1, 1923R[5]Campbell (R)term expiration
8Frank H. Lyman1863–1957January 1, 1923January 1, 1925D[6]electedterm expiration
9Alfred C. Lockwood1875–1951January 5, 1925January 4, 19431929–1930
1935–1936
1941–1942
D[7]electedterm expiration
10Rawghlie Clement Stanford1879–1963January 4, 1943January 3, 19551945–1948
1953–1953
D[8]electedterm expiration
11Arthur T. LaPrade1895–1957January 1, 1945June 30, 19571949–1950
1955–1956
D[9]electeddeath
12Joseph H. Morgan1884–1967February 13, 1945January 6, 1947D[10]Osborn (D)term expiration
13Levi Stewart Udall1891–1960January 6, 1947May 30, 19601951–1952
1957–1958
D[11]electeddeath
14Evo Anton DeConcini1901–1986January 3, 1949January 5, 1953D[12]electedterm expiration
15Marlin T. Phelps1881–1964January 4, 1949January 3, 19611954–1954
1959–1959
D[12]electedterm expiration
16Dudley W. Windes1888–1972January 5, 1953[13]January 5, 1959D[14]electedterm expiration
17Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr.1912–1992January 3, 1955January 4, 19821960–1961
1966–1966
1971–1971
1980–1981
1965
1970
1975–1979
D[15]electedmandatory retirement
18J. Mercer Johnson1906–1988September 16, 1957September 8, 1960D[16]McFarland (D)resignation
19Charles C. Bernstein1904–1976January 5, 1959January 2, 19691962–1963
1967–1967
1961
1966
D[17]electedlost election
20Jesse Addison Udall1893–1980June 15, 1960January 15, 19721964–1964
1969–1969
1962–1963
1968
1972
R[18]Fannin (R)resignation
21Robert O. Lesher1921–2005September 20, 1960December 11, 1960R[19]Fannin (R)lost election
22Renz L. Jennings1899–1983December 12, 1960August 5, 1964D[19]electedresignation
23Lorna E. Lockwood1903–1977January 3, 1961[20]September 15, 19751965–1965
1970–1970
1964
1969
D[19]electedresignation
24Edward W. Scruggs1903–1974August 5, 1964January 3, 1965R[21]Fannin (R)lost election
25Ernest McFarland1894–1984January 4, 1965January 4, 197119681967D[22]electedterm expiration
26Jack D. H. Hays1917–1995January 4, 1969January 5, 19871972–19741971R[23]electedresignation
27James Duke Cameron1925–2003January 4, 1971February 1, 19921975–19791972–1974R[24]electedresignation
28William A. Holohan1928–2010January 17, 1972January 2, 19891982–19871980–1981R[25]Williams (R)resignation
29Frank Gordon Jr.1929–2020September 16, 1975January 6, 19921987–19921982–1986D[26]Castro (D)resignation
30Stanley G. Feldman1933–presentJanuary 19, 1982December 10, 20021992–19971987–1991D[27]Babbitt (D)resignation
31James Moeller1933–2019March 13, 1987January 31, 19981992–1996R[28]Mecham (R)resignation
32Robert J. Corcoran1934–2010January 5, 1989February 29, 1996D[29]Mofford (D)resignation
33Thomas A. Zlaket1941–presentFebruary 3, 1992April 30, 20021997–20021996–1997R[30]Symington (R)resignation
34Frederick J. Martone1943–presentFebruary 28, 1992January 30, 2002R[31]Symington (R)elevation to D. Ariz.
35Charles E. Jones1935–2018April 26, 1996June 10, 20052002–20051997–2002R[32]Symington (R)mandatory retirement
36Ruth McGregor1943–presentJanuary 28, 1998June 30, 20092005–20092002–2005D[33]Hull (R)resignation
37Rebecca White Berch1955–presentMarch 13, 2002September 28, 20152009–20142005–2009R[34]Hull (R)resignation
38Michael D. Ryan1945–2012May 22, 2002August 6, 2010R[34]Hull (R)resignation
39Andrew D. Hurwitz1947–presentJanuary 27, 2003June 26, 20122009–2012D[34]Napolitano (D)elevation to 9th Cir.
40Scott Bales1956–presentJune 16, 2005August 1, 20192014–20192012–2014D[35]Napolitano (D)resignation
41John Pelander1951–presentJuly 28, 2009February 28, 20192014–2018R[36]Brewer (R)resignation
42Robert M. Brutinel1958–presentNovember 22, 2010incumbent2019–present2018–2019R[37]Brewer (R)
43Ann Timmer1960–presentOctober 12, 2012incumbent2019–presentR[38]Brewer (R)
44Clint Bolick1957–presentJanuary 6, 2016incumbentI[39][40]Ducey (R)
45Andrew Gould1963–presentJanuary 6, 2017March 31, 2021R[41]Ducey (R)resignation
46John Lopez IV1968–presentJanuary 6, 2017incumbentR[41]Ducey (R)
47James Beene1965–presentJune 17, 2019incumbentR[42]Ducey (R)
48Bill Montgomery1967–presentAugust 4, 2019incumbentR[43]Ducey (R)
49Kathryn Hackett King1980–presentJuly 8, 2021incumbentR[44]Ducey (R)

Chief justices and vice chief justices

Each January, the justices select a chief and vice chief justice.[45]

Succession of seats

Arizona Territorial Supreme Court justices

Two additional appointees were confirmed by the U.S. Senate to the territorial supreme court, but declined their appointments: John Noble Goodwin in 1863 and Marshall H. Williams in 1894.[46]

#JusticeStateBorn–diedBegan term
(oath of office)
Ended termTerm as
chief justice
Appointed byReason for termination
1William F. TurnerIA1816–1899December 29, 1863April 18, 18701863–1870Lincoln (R)
A. Johnson (D)
removal
2Joseph P. AllynCT1833–1869December 29, 1863July 1867Lincoln (R)term expiration
3William Thompson HowellMI1810–1870December 29, 1863June 11, 1864Lincoln (R)resignation
4Henry T. BackusMI1809–1877December 26, 18651869Lincoln (R)term expiration
5Harley High CartterID1810–1874July 1867August 29, 1869A. Johnson (D)removal
6Isham ReavisNE1836–1914August 29, 1869April 12, 1872Grant (R)resignation
7John TitusPA1812–1876October 30, 1869July 6, 18741870–1874Grant (R)term expiration
8Charles Austin TweedCA1813–1887August 12, 1870May 1878Grant (R)term expiration
9DeForest PorterNE1840–1889April 12, 1872June 7, 1882Grant (R)
Hayes (R)
resignation
10Edmund Francis DunneDC1835–1904July 6, 1874February 1, 18761874–1876Grant (R)removal
11C. G. W. FrenchCA1822–1891February 1, 1876May 20, 18841876–1884Grant (R)
Hayes (R)
term expiration
12Charles SilentCA1842–1918May 1878October 18, 1880Hayes (R)resignation
13William Henry StilwellNY1849–1928February 1881September 2, 1882Garfield (R)removal
14Daniel H. PinneyIL1837–1921July 1882November 9, 1885Arthur (R)removal
15Wilson W. HooverCAc.1849–1926September 2, 1882March 23, 1883Arthur (R)removal
16A. W. SheldonMDc.1842–1884May 15, 1883January 31, 1884Arthur (R)death
17William F. FitzgeraldMS1846–1903April 7, 1884October 31, 1885Arthur (R)removal
18Sumner HowardMI1835–1902May 20, 1884November 9, 18851884–1885Arthur (R)resignation
19William H. BarnesIL1843–1904October 31, 1885November 2, 1889Cleveland (D)term expiration
20John C. ShieldsMI1848–1892November 9, 1885June 7, 18861885–1886Cleveland (D)nomination rejection
21William Wood PorterCA1826–1907November 9, 1885August 1889Cleveland (D)removal
22James Henry WrightMO1838–1905March 19, 1887May 7, 18901887–1890Cleveland (D)removal
23Joseph Henry KibbeyAZ1853–1924August 1889May 2, 1893B. Harrison (R)removal
24Richard Elihu SloanAZ1857–1933November 2, 1889June 1, 1894B. Harrison (R)term expiration
25Henry C. GoodingIN1838–1913May 7, 1890May 24, 18931890–1893B. Harrison (R)resignation
26Edmund W. WellsAZ1846–1938March 5, 1891March 6, 1893B. Harrison (R)resignation
27John J. HawkinsAZ1855–1935April 19, 1893July 19, 1897Cleveland (D)term expiration
28Owen Thomas RouseAZ1843–1919May 2, 1893July 20, 1897Cleveland (D)removal
29Albert C. BakerAZ1845–1921May 24, 1893July 20, 18971893–1897Cleveland (D)term expiration
30Joseph D. BethuneAZ1842–1912June 1, 1894August 10, 1897Cleveland (D)removal
31Richard Elihu SloanAZ1857–1933July 19, 1897May 1, 1909McKinley (R)
T. Roosvelt (R)
elevation to governor
32Hiram TruesdaleAZ1860–1897July 20, 1897October 28, 18971897McKinley (R)death
33Fletcher Morris DoanAZ1846–1924July 20, 1897February 14, 1912McKinley (R)
T. Roosevelt (R)
Taft (R)
court abolition
34George Russell DavisAZ1861–1933August 10, 1897March 31, 1905McKinley (R)
T. Roosvelt (R)
resignation
35Webster StreetAZ1846–1908November 15, 1897March 21, 19021897–1902McKinley (R)term expiration
36Edward Kent Jr.CO1862–1916March 21, 1902February 14, 19121902–1912T. Roosevelt (R)
Taft (R)
court abolition
37John H. CampbellAZ1868–1928March 22, 1905February 14, 1912T. Roosevelt (R)
Taft (R)
court abolition
38Eugene A. TuckerNE1856–1942April 1, 1905October 13, 1905T. Roosevelt (R)resignation
39Frederick S. NaveAZ1873–1912November 17, 1905April 1, 1909T. Roosevelt (R)resignation
40Ernest W. LewisAZ1875–1927May 22, 1909February 14, 1912Taft (R)court abolition
41Edward M. DoeAZ1850–1919May 27, 1909February 14, 1912Taft (R)court abolition

Succession of seats

Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Republican Gains Shown By Count". Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott). February 7, 1912.
  2. "New Judge Seated on Supreme Court". Arizona Republic. November 14, 1918.
  3. "State Board Canvassers Give State Election Vote". Mohave County Miner. November 30, 1918.
  4. "Official Count Gives Campbell 5,765 Majority". The Copper Era (Cliford, AZ). December 3, 1920.
  5. "The Supreme Court". Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ). September 14, 1921.
  6. "Official Summary of Arizona's Vote". The Cononino Sun. December 15, 1922.
  7. "Claypool Wins In Democratic Race For Commission Post". Arizona Republic. September 17, 1924.
  8. "Tax Split For Cities Won By 4,903 Margin". Tucson Daily Citizen. November 30, 1942.
  9. "Official Canvass of General Election Votes". Arizona Daily Star. December 7, 1944.
  10. "O'Neil-Moore Only 456 Ballots Apart; Sheriff, Supervisor Upsets Voted". Arizona Daily Star. July 18, 1946.
  11. "Osborn Signs Proclamation". Arizona Republic. November 26, 1946.
  12. 1 2 "Early Edge By Brockett Wiped Out". Arizona Republic. November 3, 1948.
  13. "High Court". Arizona Republic. January 6, 1953.
  14. "81% of Arizona's Voters Cast Ballots November 4". Arizona Republic. November 22, 1952.
  15. "Bar Is Polled On Candidates". Arizona Republic. October 13, 1954.
  16. "Judge Johnson Appointed To Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. July 4, 1957.
  17. "Who Votes In Which Races Is Explained". Tucson Daily Citizen. November 3, 1958.
  18. "Judge Lockwood Denies She'll Seek Udall Seat". Tucson Daily Citizen. June 7, 1960.
  19. 1 2 3 "Candidates For Arizona State Supreme Court Seats". Arizona Republic. November 6, 1960.
  20. "Gov. Fannin Takes Oath, Sounds Expansion Note". Tucson Citizen. January 3, 1961.
  21. "Scruggs Rejects Judgeship". Arizona Daily Star. December 15, 1964.
  22. "Scruggs Rejects Judgeship". Arizona Daily Star. December 15, 1964.
  23. "Official canvass of election fails to change any results". Arizona Republic. November 26, 1968.
  24. "Hardy asks reassignment". Arizona Republic. November 7, 1970.
  25. "Holohan in line for justice". Arizona Republic. January 8, 1972.
  26. "Castro appoints Gordon to high court". Tucson Daily Citizen. August 5, 1975.
  27. "Tucson lawyer Stanley Feldman finalist for state Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. December 5, 1981.
  28. "Panel shake-up could change court". Tucson Citizen. January 8, 1987.
  29. "'Moderate' Corcoran tapped for high court by Mofford". Arizona Republic. December 16, 1988.
  30. "Justice Zlaket". Arizona Daily Star. December 21, 1991.
  31. "Frederick Martone gets court post". Arizona Republic. February 8, 1992.
  32. "Phoenix lawyer to fill Supreme Court seat". Arizona Daily Star. March 6, 1996.
  33. "State high court gets 1st woman in 22 years". Arizona Republic. January 29, 1998.
  34. 1 2 3 "8 named semifinalists for Ariz. Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. February 22, 2002.
  35. "Napolitano sifts through applicants for Arizona Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Sun. May 4, 2005.
  36. "Pelander tapped for High Court". Arizona Daily Sun. July 29, 2009.
  37. "Brewer names Yavapai judge to high court". Arizona Daily Sun. November 23, 2010.
  38. "Brewer court pick wrote 2003 ruling on marriage". Arizona Daily Sun. October 13, 2012.
  39. Registered Republican until 2003.
  40. "Ducey soon to fill state supreme court vacancy". Arizona Daily Sun. October 4, 2015.
  41. 1 2 "11 lawyers apply for 2 positions on expanded Ariz. Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. August 10, 2016.
  42. "Ducey selects UA law school graduate for seat on Arizona Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. April 27, 2019.
  43. "Ducey appoints Montgomery to High Court". Arizona Daily Sun. September 6, 2019.
  44. "Ducey picks ex-aide to fill state Supreme vacancy". Arizona Daily Sun. July 9, 2021.
  45. "Judicial History". Arizonal Judicial Branch.
  46. Fish, Joseph (1906). History of Arizona Territory.
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