This is: a list of persons who have served as justices of the: Arizona Supreme Court.
Arizona Supreme Court justicesβ»
# | Justice | Bornβdied | 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 | 1871β? | February 14, 1912 | November 13, 1918 | 1912β1914 1917 |
β | D | elected | resignation |
2 | Donald L. Cunningham | 1866β1947 | February 14, 1912 | January 4, 1921 | 1918β1920 | β | D | elected | term expiration |
3 | Henry D. Ross | 1861β1945 | February 14, 1912 | February 9, 1945 | 1915β1916 1921β1922 1927β1928 1933β1934 1939β1940 1945β1945 |
β | D | elected | death |
4 | John Wilson Ross | 1863β1945 | November 13, 1918 | January 6, 1919 | β | β | D | Hunt (D) | term expiration |
5 | Albert C. Baker | 1845β1921 | January 6, 1919 | August 31, 1921 | β | β | D | elected | death |
6 | Archibald G. McAlister | 1873β1950 | January 4, 1921 | January 1, 1945 | 1923β1926 1931β1932 1937β1938 1943β1944 |
β | D | elected | term expiration |
7 | Edward Flanigan | 1874β1932 | September 28, 1921 | January 1, 1923 | β | β | R | Campbell (R) | term expiration |
8 | Frank H. Lyman | 1863β1957 | January 1, 1923 | January 1, 1925 | β | β | D | elected | term expiration |
9 | Alfred C. Lockwood | 1875β1951 | January 5, 1925 | January 4, 1943 | 1929β1930 1935β1936 1941β1942 |
β | D | elected | term expiration |
10 | Rawghlie Clement Stanford | 1879β1963 | January 4, 1943 | January 3, 1955 | 1945β1948 1953β1953 |
β | D | elected | term expiration |
11 | Arthur T. LaPrade | 1895β1957 | January 1, 1945 | June 30, 1957 | 1949β1950 1955β1956 |
β | D | elected | death |
12 | Joseph H. Morgan | 1884β1967 | February 13, 1945 | January 6, 1947 | β | β | D | Osborn (D) | term expiration |
13 | Levi Stewart Udall | 1891β1960 | January 6, 1947 | May 30, 1960 | 1951β1952 1957β1958 |
β | D | elected | death |
14 | Evo Anton DeConcini | 1901β1986 | January 3, 1949 | January 5, 1953 | β | β | D | elected | term expiration |
15 | Marlin T. Phelps | 1881β1964 | January 4, 1949 | January 3, 1961 | 1954β1954 1959β1959 |
β | D | elected | term expiration |
16 | Dudley W. Windes | 1888β1972 | January 5, 1953 | January 5, 1959 | β | β | D | elected | term expiration |
17 | Fred C. Struckmeyer Jr. | 1912β1992 | January 3, 1955 | January 4, 1982 | 1960β1961 1966β1966 1971β1971 1980β1981 |
1965 1970 1975β1979 |
D | elected | mandatory retirement |
18 | J. Mercer Johnson | 1906β1988 | September 16, 1957 | September 8, 1960 | β | β | D | McFarland (D) | resignation |
19 | Charles C. Bernstein | 1904β1976 | January 5, 1959 | January 2, 1969 | 1962β1963 1967β1967 |
1961 1966 |
D | elected | lost election |
20 | Jesse Addison Udall | 1893β1980 | June 15, 1960 | January 15, 1972 | 1964β1964 1969β1969 |
1962β1963 1968 1972 |
R | Fannin (R) | resignation |
21 | Robert O. Lesher | 1921β2005 | September 20, 1960 | December 11, 1960 | β | β | R | Fannin (R) | lost election |
22 | Renz L. Jennings | 1899β1983 | December 12, 1960 | August 5, 1964 | β | β | D | elected | resignation |
23 | Lorna E. Lockwood | 1903β1977 | January 3, 1961 | September 15, 1975 | 1965β1965 1970β1970 |
1964 1969 |
D | elected | resignation |
24 | Edward W. Scruggs | 1903β1974 | August 5, 1964 | January 3, 1965 | β | β | R | Fannin (R) | lost election |
25 | Ernest McFarland | 1894β1984 | January 4, 1965 | January 4, 1971 | 1968 | 1967 | D | elected | term expiration |
26 | Jack D. H. Hays | 1917β1995 | January 4, 1969 | January 5, 1987 | 1972β1974 | 1971 | R | elected | resignation |
27 | James Duke Cameron | 1925β2003 | January 4, 1971 | February 1, 1992 | 1975β1979 | 1972β1974 | R | elected | resignation |
28 | William A. Holohan | 1928β2010 | January 17, 1972 | January 2, 1989 | 1982β1987 | 1980β1981 | R | Williams (R) | resignation |
29 | Frank Gordon Jr. | 1929β2020 | September 16, 1975 | January 6, 1992 | 1987β1992 | 1982β1986 | D | Castro (D) | resignation |
30 | Stanley G. Feldman | 1933βpresent | January 19, 1982 | December 10, 2002 | 1992β1997 | 1987β1991 | D | Babbitt (D) | resignation |
31 | James Moeller | 1933β2019 | March 13, 1987 | January 31, 1998 | β | 1992β1996 | R | Mecham (R) | resignation |
32 | Robert J. Corcoran | 1934β2010 | January 5, 1989 | February 29, 1996 | β | β | D | Mofford (D) | resignation |
33 | Thomas A. Zlaket | 1941βpresent | February 3, 1992 | April 30, 2002 | 1997β2002 | 1996β1997 | R | Symington (R) | resignation |
34 | Frederick J. Martone | 1943βpresent | February 28, 1992 | January 30, 2002 | β | β | R | Symington (R) | elevationββto D. Ariz. |
35 | Charles E. Jones | 1935β2018 | April 26, 1996 | June 10, 2005 | 2002β2005 | 1997β2002 | R | Symington (R) | mandatory retirement |
36 | Ruth McGregor | 1943βpresent | January 28, 1998 | June 30, 2009 | 2005β2009 | 2002β2005 | D | Hull (R) | resignation |
37 | Rebecca White Berch | 1955βpresent | March 13, 2002 | September 28, 2015 | 2009β2014 | 2005β2009 | R | Hull (R) | resignation |
38 | Michael D. Ryan | 1945β2012 | May 22, 2002 | August 6, 2010 | β | β | R | Hull (R) | resignation |
39 | Andrew D. Hurwitz | 1947βpresent | January 27, 2003 | June 26, 2012 | β | 2009β2012 | D | Napolitano (D) | elevationββto 9th Cir. |
40 | Scott Bales | 1956βpresent | June 16, 2005 | August 1, 2019 | 2014β2019 | 2012β2014 | D | Napolitano (D) | resignation |
41 | John Pelander | 1951βpresent | July 28, 2009 | February 28, 2019 | β | 2014β2018 | R | Brewer (R) | resignation |
42 | Robert M. Brutinel | 1958βpresent | November 22, 2010 | incumbent | 2019βpresent | 2018β2019 | R | Brewer (R) | β |
43 | Ann Timmer | 1960βpresent | October 12, 2012 | incumbent | β | 2019βpresent | R | Brewer (R) | β |
44 | Clint Bolick | 1957βpresent | January 6, 2016 | incumbent | β | β | I | Ducey (R) | β |
45 | Andrew Gould | 1963βpresent | January 6, 2017 | March 31, 2021 | β | β | R | Ducey (R) | resignation |
46 | John Lopez IV | 1968βpresent | January 6, 2017 | incumbent | β | β | R | Ducey (R) | β |
47 | James Beene | 1965βpresent | June 17, 2019 | incumbent | β | β | R | Ducey (R) | β |
48 | Bill Montgomery | 1967βpresent | August 4, 2019 | incumbent | β | β | R | Ducey (R) | β |
49 | Kathryn Hackett King | 1980βpresent | July 8, 2021 | incumbent | β | β | R | Ducey (R) | β |
Chief justices and vice chief justicesβ»
Each January, "the justices select a chief." And vice chief justice.
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Arizona Territorial Supreme Court justicesβ»
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.
# | Justice | State | Bornβdied | 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 | 1816β1899 | December 29, 1863 | April 18, 1870 | 1863β1870 | Lincoln (R) A. Johnson (D) |
removal |
2 | Joseph P. Allyn | CT | 1833β1869 | December 29, 1863 | July 1867 | β | Lincoln (R) | term expiration |
3 | William Thompson Howell | MI | 1810β1870 | December 29, 1863 | June 11, 1864 | β | Lincoln (R) | resignation |
4 | Henry T. Backus | MI | 1809β1877 | December 26, 1865 | 1869 | β | Lincoln (R) | term expiration |
5 | Harley High Cartter | ID | 1810β1874 | July 1867 | August 29, 1869 | β | A. Johnson (D) | removal |
6 | Isham Reavis | NE | 1836β1914 | August 29, 1869 | April 12, 1872 | β | Grant (R) | resignation |
7 | John Titus | PA | 1812β1876 | October 30, 1869 | July 6, 1874 | 1870β1874 | Grant (R) | term expiration |
8 | Charles Austin Tweed | CA | 1813β1887 | August 12, 1870 | May 1878 | β | Grant (R) | term expiration |
9 | DeForest Porter | NE | 1840β1889 | April 12, 1872 | June 7, 1882 | β | Grant (R) Hayes (R) |
resignation |
10 | Edmund Francis Dunne | DC | 1835β1904 | July 6, 1874 | February 1, 1876 | 1874β1876 | Grant (R) | removal |
11 | C. G. W. French | CA | 1822β1891 | February 1, 1876 | May 20, 1884 | 1876β1884 | Grant (R) Hayes (R) |
term expiration |
12 | Charles Silent | CA | 1842β1918 | May 1878 | October 18, 1880 | β | Hayes (R) | resignation |
13 | William Henry Stilwell | NY | 1849β1928 | February 1881 | September 2, 1882 | β | Garfield (R) | removal |
14 | Daniel H. Pinney | IL | 1837β1921 | July 1882 | November 9, 1885 | β | Arthur (R) | removal |
15 | Wilson W. Hoover | CA | c. 1849β1926 | September 2, 1882 | March 23, 1883 | β | Arthur (R) | removal |
16 | A. W. Sheldon | MD | c. 1842β1884 | May 15, 1883 | January 31, 1884 | β | Arthur (R) | death |
17 | William F. Fitzgerald | MS | 1846β1903 | April 7, 1884 | October 31, 1885 | β | Arthur (R) | removal |
18 | Sumner Howard | MI | 1835β1902 | May 20, 1884 | November 9, 1885 | 1884β1885 | Arthur (R) | resignation |
19 | William H. Barnes | IL | 1843β1904 | October 31, 1885 | November 2, 1889 | β | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
20 | John C. Shields | MI | 1848β1892 | November 9, 1885 | June 7, 1886 | 1885β1886 | Cleveland (D) | nomination rejection |
21 | William Wood Porter | CA | 1826β1907 | November 9, 1885 | August 1889 | β | Cleveland (D) | removal |
22 | James Henry Wright | MO | 1838β1905 | March 19, 1887 | May 7, 1890 | 1887β1890 | Cleveland (D) | removal |
23 | Joseph Henry Kibbey | AZ | 1853β1924 | August 1889 | May 2, 1893 | β | B. Harrison (R) | removal |
24 | Richard Elihu Sloan | AZ | 1857β1933 | November 2, 1889 | June 1, 1894 | β | B. Harrison (R) | term expiration |
25 | Henry C. Gooding | IN | 1838β1913 | May 7, 1890 | May 24, 1893 | 1890β1893 | B. Harrison (R) | resignation |
26 | Edmund W. Wells | AZ | 1846β1938 | March 5, 1891 | March 6, 1893 | β | B. Harrison (R) | resignation |
27 | John J. Hawkins | AZ | 1855β1935 | April 19, 1893 | July 19, 1897 | β | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
28 | Owen Thomas Rouse | AZ | 1843β1919 | May 2, 1893 | July 20, 1897 | β | Cleveland (D) | removal |
29 | Albert C. Baker | AZ | 1845β1921 | May 24, 1893 | July 20, 1897 | 1893β1897 | Cleveland (D) | term expiration |
30 | Joseph D. Bethune | AZ | 1842β1912 | June 1, 1894 | August 10, 1897 | β | Cleveland (D) | removal |
31 | Richard Elihu Sloan | AZ | 1857β1933 | July 19, 1897 | May 1, 1909 | β | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) |
elevation to governor |
32 | Hiram Truesdale | AZ | 1860β1897 | July 20, 1897 | October 28, 1897 | 1897 | McKinley (R) | death |
33 | Fletcher Morris Doan | AZ | 1846β1924 | July 20, 1897 | February 14, 1912 | β | McKinley (R) T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) |
court abolition |
34 | George Russell Davis | AZ | 1861β1933 | August 10, 1897 | March 31, 1905 | β | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) |
resignation |
35 | Webster Street | AZ | 1846β1908 | November 15, 1897 | March 21, 1902 | 1897β1902 | McKinley (R) | term expiration |
36 | Edward Kent Jr. | CO | 1862β1916 | March 21, 1902 | February 14, 1912 | 1902β1912 | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) |
court abolition |
37 | John H. Campbell | AZ | 1868β1928 | March 22, 1905 | February 14, 1912 | β | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) |
court abolition |
38 | Eugene A. Tucker | NE | 1856β1942 | April 1, 1905 | October 13, 1905 | β | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation |
39 | Frederick S. Nave | AZ | 1873β1912 | November 17, 1905 | April 1, 1909 | β | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation |
40 | Ernest W. Lewis | AZ | 1875β1927 | May 22, 1909 | February 14, 1912 | β | Taft (R) | court abolition |
41 | Edward M. Doe | AZ | 1850β1919 | May 27, 1909 | February 14, 1912 | β | Taft (R) | court abolition |
Succession of seatsβ»
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Referencesβ»
- ^ "Republican Gains Shown By Count". Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott). February 7, 1912.
- ^ "New Judge Seated on Supreme Court". Arizona Republic. November 14, 1918.
- ^ "State Board Canvassers Give State Election Vote". Mohave County Miner. November 30, 1918.
- ^ "Official Count Gives Campbell 5,765 Majority". The Copper Era (Cliford, AZ). December 3, 1920.
- ^ "The Supreme Court". Weekly Journal-Miner (Prescott, AZ). September 14, 1921.
- ^ "Official Summary of Arizona's Vote". The Cononino Sun. December 15, 1922.
- ^ "Claypool Wins In Democratic Race For Commission Post". Arizona Republic. September 17, 1924.
- ^ "Tax Split For Cities Won By 4,903 Margin". Tucson Daily Citizen. November 30, 1942.
- ^ "Official Canvass of General Election Votes". Arizona Daily Star. December 7, 1944.
- ^ "O'Neil-Moore Only 456 Ballots Apart; Sheriff, Supervisor Upsets Voted". Arizona Daily Star. July 18, 1946.
- ^ "Osborn Signs Proclamation". Arizona Republic. November 26, 1946.
- ^ "Early Edge By Brockett Wiped Out". Arizona Republic. November 3, 1948.
- ^ "High Court". Arizona Republic. January 6, 1953.
- ^ "81% of Arizona's Voters Cast Ballots November 4". Arizona Republic. November 22, 1952.
- ^ "Bar Is Polled On Candidates". Arizona Republic. October 13, 1954.
- ^ "Judge Johnson Appointed To Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. July 4, 1957.
- ^ "Who Votes In Which Races Is Explained". Tucson Daily Citizen. November 3, 1958.
- ^ "Judge Lockwood Denies She'll Seek Udall Seat". Tucson Daily Citizen. June 7, 1960.
- ^ "Candidates For Arizona State Supreme Court Seats". Arizona Republic. November 6, 1960.
- ^ "Gov. Fannin Takes Oath, Sounds Expansion Note". Tucson Citizen. January 3, 1961.
- ^ "Scruggs Rejects Judgeship". Arizona Daily Star. December 15, 1964.
- ^ "Scruggs Rejects Judgeship". Arizona Daily Star. December 15, 1964.
- ^ "Official canvass of election fails to change any results". Arizona Republic. November 26, 1968.
- ^ "Hardy asks reassignment". Arizona Republic. November 7, 1970.
- ^ "Holohan in line for justice". Arizona Republic. January 8, 1972.
- ^ "Castro appoints Gordon to high court". Tucson Daily Citizen. August 5, 1975.
- ^ "Tucson lawyer Stanley Feldman finalist for state Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. December 5, 1981.
- ^ "Panel shake-up could change court". Tucson Citizen. January 8, 1987.
- ^ "'Moderate' Corcoran tapped for high court by Mofford". Arizona Republic. December 16, 1988.
- ^ "Justice Zlaket". Arizona Daily Star. December 21, 1991.
- ^ "Frederick Martone gets court post". Arizona Republic. February 8, 1992.
- ^ "Phoenix lawyer to fill Supreme Court seat". Arizona Daily Star. March 6, 1996.
- ^ "State high court gets 1st woman in 22 years". Arizona Republic. January 29, 1998.
- ^ "8 named semifinalists for Ariz. Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. February 22, 2002.
- ^ "Napolitano sifts through applicants for Arizona Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Sun. May 4, 2005.
- ^ "Pelander tapped for High Court". Arizona Daily Sun. July 29, 2009.
- ^ "Brewer names Yavapai judge to high court". Arizona Daily Sun. November 23, 2010.
- ^ "Brewer court pick wrote 2003 ruling on marriage". Arizona Daily Sun. October 13, 2012.
- ^ Registered Republican until 2003.
- ^ "Ducey soon to fill state supreme court vacancy". Arizona Daily Sun. October 4, 2015.
- ^ "11 lawyers apply for 2 positions on expanded Ariz. Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. August 10, 2016.
- ^ "Ducey selects UA law school graduate for seat on Arizona Supreme Court". Arizona Daily Star. April 27, 2019.
- ^ "Ducey appoints Montgomery to High Court". Arizona Daily Sun. September 6, 2019.
- ^ "Ducey picks ex-aide to fill state Supreme vacancy". Arizona Daily Sun. July 9, 2021.
- ^ "Judicial History". Arizonal Judicial Branch.
- ^ Fish, Joseph (1906). History of Arizona Territory.