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This is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Arizona Supreme Court.
# | Justice | Born–died | Began term | Ended term | Term(s) as chief justice | Term(s) as vice chief justice | Party | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
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1 | Alfred Franklin | 1871–? | February 14, 1912 | November 13, 1918 | 1912–1914 1917 | — | D[1] | elected | resignation |
2 | Donald L. Cunningham | 1866–1947 | February 14, 1912 | January 4, 1921 | 1918–1920 | — | D[1] | elected | term expiration |
3 | Henry D. Ross | 1861–1945 | February 14, 1912 | February 9, 1945 | 1915–1916 1921–1922 1927–1928 1933–1934 1939–1940 1945–1945 | — | D[1] | elected | death |
4 | John Wilson Ross | 1863–1945 | November 13, 1918 | January 6, 1919 | — | — | D[2] | Hunt (D) | term expiration |
5 | Albert C. Baker | 1845–1921 | January 6, 1919 | August 31, 1921 | — | — | D[3] | elected | death |
6 | Archibald G. McAlister | 1873–1950 | January 4, 1921 | January 1, 1945 | 1923–1926 1931–1932 1937–1938 1943–1944 | — | D[4] | elected | term expiration |
7 | Edward Flanigan | 1874–1932 | September 28, 1921 | January 1, 1923 | — | — | R[5] | Campbell (R) | term expiration |
8 | Frank H. Lyman | 1863–1957 | January 1, 1923 | January 1, 1925 | — | — | D[6] | elected | term expiration |
9 | Alfred C. Lockwood | 1875–1951 | January 5, 1925 | January 4, 1943 | 1929–1930 1935–1936 1941–1942 | — | D[7] | elected | term expiration |
10 | Rawghlie Clement Stanford | 1879–1963 | January 4, 1943 | January 3, 1955 | 1945–1948 1953–1953 | — | D[8] | elected | term expiration |
11 | Arthur T. LaPrade | 1895–1957 | January 1, 1945 | June 30, 1957 | 1949–1950 1955–1956 | — | D[9] | elected | death |
12 | Joseph H. Morgan | 1884–1967 | February 13, 1945 | January 6, 1947 | — | — | D[10] | Osborn (D) | term expiration |
13 | Levi Stewart Udall | 1891–1960 | January 6, 1947 | May 30, 1960 | 1951–1952 1957–1958 | — | D[11] | elected | death |
14 | Evo Anton DeConcini | 1901–1986 | January 3, 1949 | January 5, 1953 | — | — | D[12] | elected | term expiration |
15 | Marlin T. Phelps | 1881–1964 | January 4, 1949 | January 3, 1961 | 1954–1954 1959–1959 | — | D[12] | elected | term expiration |
16 | Dudley W. Windes | 1888–1972 | January 5, 1953[13] | January 5, 1959 | — | — | D[14] | elected | term expiration |
17 | Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr. | 1912–1992 | January 3, 1955 | January 4, 1982 | 1960–1961 1966–1966 1971–1971 1980–1981 | 1965 1970 1975–1979 | D[15] | elected | mandatory retirement |
18 | J. Mercer Johnson | 1906–1988 | September 16, 1957 | September 8, 1960 | — | — | D[16] | McFarland (D) | resignation |
19 | Charles C. Bernstein | 1904–1976 | January 5, 1959 | January 2, 1969 | 1962–1963 1967–1967 | 1961 1966 | D[17] | elected | lost election |
20 | Jesse Addison Udall | 1893–1980 | June 15, 1960 | January 15, 1972 | 1964–1964 1969–1969 | 1962–1963 1968 1972 | R[18] | Fannin (R) | resignation |
21 | Robert O. Lesher | 1921–2005 | September 20, 1960 | December 11, 1960 | — | — | R[19] | Fannin (R) | lost election |
22 | Renz L. Jennings | 1899–1983 | December 12, 1960 | August 5, 1964 | — | — | D[19] | elected | resignation |
23 | Lorna E. Lockwood | 1903–1977 | January 3, 1961[20] | September 15, 1975 | 1965–1965 1970–1970 | 1964 1969 | D[19] | elected | resignation |
24 | Edward W. Scruggs | 1903–1974 | August 5, 1964 | January 3, 1965 | — | — | R[21] | Fannin (R) | lost election |
25 | Ernest McFarland | 1894–1984 | January 4, 1965 | January 4, 1971 | 1968 | 1967 | D[22] | elected | term expiration |
26 | Jack D. H. Hays | 1917–1995 | January 4, 1969 | January 5, 1987 | 1972–1974 | 1971 | R[23] | elected | resignation |
27 | James Duke Cameron | 1925–2003 | January 4, 1971 | February 1, 1992 | 1975–1979 | 1972–1974 | R[24] | elected | resignation |
28 | William A. Holohan | 1928–2010 | January 17, 1972 | January 2, 1989 | 1982–1987 | 1980–1981 | R[25] | Williams (R) | resignation |
29 | Frank Gordon Jr. | 1929–2020 | September 16, 1975 | January 6, 1992 | 1987–1992 | 1982–1986 | D[26] | Castro (D) | resignation |
30 | Stanley G. Feldman | 1933–present | January 19, 1982 | December 10, 2002 | 1992–1997 | 1987–1991 | D[27] | Babbitt (D) | resignation |
31 | James Moeller | 1933–2019 | March 13, 1987 | January 31, 1998 | — | 1992–1996 | R[28] | Mecham (R) | resignation |
32 | Robert J. Corcoran | 1934–2010 | January 5, 1989 | February 29, 1996 | — | — | D[29] | Mofford (D) | resignation |
33 | Thomas A. Zlaket | 1941–present | February 3, 1992 | April 30, 2002 | 1997–2002 | 1996–1997 | R[30] | Symington (R) | resignation |
34 | Frederick J. Martone | 1943–present | February 28, 1992 | January 30, 2002 | — | — | R[31] | Symington (R) | elevation to D. Ariz. |
35 | Charles E. Jones | 1935–2018 | April 26, 1996 | June 10, 2005 | 2002–2005 | 1997–2002 | R[32] | Symington (R) | mandatory retirement |
36 | Ruth McGregor | 1943–present | January 28, 1998 | June 30, 2009 | 2005–2009 | 2002–2005 | D[33] | Hull (R) | resignation |
37 | Rebecca White Berch | 1955–present | March 13, 2002 | September 28, 2015 | 2009–2014 | 2005–2009 | R[34] | Hull (R) | resignation |
38 | Michael D. Ryan | 1945–2012 | May 22, 2002 | August 6, 2010 | — | — | R[34] | Hull (R) | resignation |
39 | Andrew D. Hurwitz | 1947–present | January 27, 2003 | June 26, 2012 | — | 2009–2012 | D[34] | Napolitano (D) | elevation to 9th Cir. |
40 | Scott Bales | 1956–present | June 16, 2005 | August 1, 2019 | 2014–2019 | 2012–2014 | D[35] | Napolitano (D) | resignation |
41 | John Pelander | 1951–present | July 28, 2009 | February 28, 2019 | — | 2014–2018 | R[36] | Brewer (R) | resignation |
42 | Robert M. Brutinel | 1958–present | November 22, 2010 | incumbent | 2019–present | 2018–2019 | R[37] | Brewer (R) | — |
43 | Ann Timmer | 1960–present | October 12, 2012 | incumbent | — | 2019–present | R[38] | Brewer (R) | — |
44 | Clint Bolick | 1957–present | January 6, 2016 | incumbent | — | — | I[39][40] | Ducey (R) | — |
45 | Andrew Gould | 1963–present | January 6, 2017 | March 31, 2021 | — | — | R[41] | Ducey (R) | resignation |
46 | John Lopez IV | 1968–present | January 6, 2017 | incumbent | — | — | R[41] | Ducey (R) | — |
47 | James Beene | 1965–present | June 17, 2019 | incumbent | — | — | R[42] | Ducey (R) | — |
48 | Bill Montgomery | 1967–present | August 4, 2019 | incumbent | — | — | R[43] | Ducey (R) | — |
49 | Kathryn Hackett King | 1980–present | July 8, 2021 | incumbent | — | — | R[44] | Ducey (R) | — |
Each January, the justices select a chief and vice chief justice.[45]
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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]
# | Justice | State | Born–died | Began term (oath of office) | Ended term | Term as chief justice | Appointed by | Reason for termination |
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1 | William F. Turner | IA | 1816–1899 | December 29, 1863 | April 18, 1870 | 1863–1870 | Lincoln (R) A. Johnson (D) | removal |
2 | Joseph P. Allyn | CT | 1833–1869 | December 29, 1863 | July 1867 | — | Lincoln (R) | term expiration |
3 | William Thompson Howell | MI | 1810–1870 | December 29, 1863 | June 11, 1864 | — | Lincoln (R) | resignation |
4 | Henry T. Backus | MI | 1809–1877 | December 26, 1865 | 1869 | — | Lincoln (R) | term expiration |
5 | Harley High Cartter | ID | 1810–1874 | July 1867 | August 29, 1869 | — | A. Johnson (D) | removal |
6 | Isham Reavis | NE | 1836–1914 | August 29, 1869 | April 12, 1872 | — | Grant (R) | resignation |
7 | John Titus | PA | 1812–1876 | October 30, 1869 | July 6, 1874 | 1870–1874 | Grant (R) | term expiration |
8 | Charles Austin Tweed | CA | 1813–1887 | August 12, 1870 | May 1878 | — | Grant (R) | term expiration |
9 | DeForest Porter | NE | 1840–1889 | April 12, 1872 | June 7, 1882 | — | Grant (R) Hayes (R) | resignation |
10 | Edmund Francis Dunne | DC | 1835–1904 | July 6, 1874 | February 1, 1876 | 1874–1876 | Grant (R) | removal |
11 | C. G. W. French | CA | 1822–1891 | February 1, 1876 | May 20, 1884 | 1876–1884 | Grant (R) Hayes (R) | term expiration |
12 | Charles Silent | CA | 1842–1918 | May 1878 | October 18, 1880 | — | Hayes (R) | resignation |
13 | William Henry Stilwell | NY | 1849–1928 | February 1881 | September 2, 1882 | — | Garfield (R) | removal |
14 | Daniel H. Pinney | IL | 1837–1921 | July 1882 | November 9, 1885 | — | Arthur (R) | removal |
15 | Wilson W. Hoover | CA | c. 1849–1926 | September 2, 1882 | March 23, 1883 | — | Arthur (R) | removal |
16 | A. W. Sheldon | MD | c. 1842–1884 | May 15, 1883 | January 31, 1884 | — | Arthur (R) | death |
17 | William F. Fitzgerald | MS | 1846–1903 | April 7, 1884 | October 31, 1885 | — | Arthur (R) | removal |
18 | Sumner Howard | MI | 1835–1902 | May 20, 1884 | November 9, 1885 | 1884–1885 | Arthur (R) | resignation |
19 | William H. Barnes | IL | 1843–1904 | October 31, 1885 | November 2, 1889 | — | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
20 | John C. Shields | MI | 1848–1892 | November 9, 1885 | June 7, 1886 | 1885–1886 | Cleveland (D) | nomination rejection |
21 | William Wood Porter | CA | 1826–1907 | November 9, 1885 | August 1889 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal |
22 | James Henry Wright | MO | 1838–1905 | March 19, 1887 | May 7, 1890 | 1887–1890 | Cleveland (D) | removal |
23 | Joseph Henry Kibbey | AZ | 1853–1924 | August 1889 | May 2, 1893 | — | B. Harrison (R) | removal |
24 | Richard Elihu Sloan | AZ | 1857–1933 | November 2, 1889 | June 1, 1894 | — | B. Harrison (R) | term expiration |
25 | Henry C. Gooding | IN | 1838–1913 | May 7, 1890 | May 24, 1893 | 1890–1893 | B. Harrison (R) | resignation |
26 | Edmund W. Wells | AZ | 1846–1938 | March 5, 1891 | March 6, 1893 | — | B. Harrison (R) | resignation |
27 | John J. Hawkins | AZ | 1855–1935 | April 19, 1893 | July 19, 1897 | — | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
28 | Owen Thomas Rouse | AZ | 1843–1919 | May 2, 1893 | July 20, 1897 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal |
29 | Albert C. Baker | AZ | 1845–1921 | May 24, 1893 | July 20, 1897 | 1893–1897 | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
30 | Joseph D. Bethune | AZ | 1842–1912 | June 1, 1894 | August 10, 1897 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal |
31 | Richard Elihu Sloan | AZ | 1857–1933 | July 19, 1897 | May 1, 1909 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) | elevation to governor |
32 | Hiram Truesdale | AZ | 1860–1897 | July 20, 1897 | October 28, 1897 | 1897 | McKinley (R) | death |
33 | Fletcher Morris Doan | AZ | 1846–1924 | July 20, 1897 | February 14, 1912 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition |
34 | George Russell Davis | AZ | 1861–1933 | August 10, 1897 | March 31, 1905 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) | resignation |
35 | Webster Street | AZ | 1846–1908 | November 15, 1897 | March 21, 1902 | 1897–1902 | McKinley (R) | term expiration |
36 | Edward Kent Jr. | CO | 1862–1916 | March 21, 1902 | February 14, 1912 | 1902–1912 | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition |
37 | John H. Campbell | AZ | 1868–1928 | March 22, 1905 | February 14, 1912 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition |
38 | Eugene A. Tucker | NE | 1856–1942 | April 1, 1905 | October 13, 1905 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation |
39 | Frederick S. Nave | AZ | 1873–1912 | November 17, 1905 | April 1, 1909 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation |
40 | Ernest W. Lewis | AZ | 1875–1927 | May 22, 1909 | February 14, 1912 | — | Taft (R) | court abolition |
41 | Edward M. Doe | AZ | 1850–1919 | May 27, 1909 | February 14, 1912 | — | Taft (R) | court abolition |
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