List of justices of the Arizona Supreme Court

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

Arizona Supreme Court justices

#	Justice	Born–died	Began term	Ended term	Term(s) as chief justice	Term(s) as vice chief justice	Party	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Alfred Franklin	1871–?	February 14, 1912	November 13, 1918	1912–1914 1917	—	D [1]	elected	resignation
2	Donnell 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 [21]	elected	term expiration
26	Jack D. H. Hays	1917–1995	January 4, 1969	January 5, 1987	1972–1974	1971	R [22]	elected	resignation
27	James Duke Cameron	1925–2003	January 4, 1971	February 1, 1992	1975–1979	1972–1974	R [23]	elected	resignation
28	William A. Holohan	1928–2010	January 17, 1972	January 2, 1989	1982–1987	1980–1981	R [24]	Williams (R)	resignation
29	Frank Gordon Jr.	1929–2020	September 16, 1975	January 6, 1992	1987–1992	1982–1986	D [25]	Castro (D)	resignation
30	Stanley G. Feldman	1933–present	January 19, 1982	December 10, 2002	1992–1997	1987–1991	D [26]	Babbitt (D)	resignation
31	James Moeller	1933–2019	March 13, 1987	January 31, 1998	—	1992–1996	R [27]	Mecham (R)	resignation
32	Robert J. Corcoran	1934–2010	January 5, 1989	February 29, 1996	—	—	D [28]	Mofford (D)	resignation
33	Thomas A. Zlaket	1941–present	February 3, 1992	April 30, 2002	1997–2002	1996–1997	R [29]	Symington (R)	resignation
34	Frederick J. Martone	1943–present	February 28, 1992	January 30, 2002	—	—	R [30]	Symington (R)	elevation to D. Ariz.
35	Charles E. Jones	1935–2018	April 26, 1996	June 10, 2005	2002–2005	1997–2002	R [31]	Symington (R)	mandatory retirement
36	Ruth McGregor	1943–present	January 28, 1998	June 30, 2009	2005–2009	2002–2005	D [32]	Hull (R)	resignation
37	Rebecca White Berch	1955–present	March 13, 2002	September 28, 2015	2009–2014	2005–2009	R [33]	Hull (R)	resignation
38	Michael D. Ryan	1945–2012	May 22, 2002	August 6, 2010	—	—	R [33]	Hull (R)	resignation
39	Andrew D. Hurwitz	1947–present	January 27, 2003	June 26, 2012	—	2009–2012	D [33]	Napolitano (D)	elevation to 9th Cir.
40	Scott Bales	1956–present	June 16, 2005	August 1, 2019	2014–2019	2012–2014	D [34]	Napolitano (D)	resignation
41	John Pelander	1951–present	July 28, 2009	February 28, 2019	—	2014–2018	R [35]	Brewer (R)	resignation
42	Robert M. Brutinel	1958–present	November 22, 2010	October 31, 2024	2019–2024	2018–2019	R [36]	Brewer (R)	resignation
43	Ann Timmer	1960–present	October 12, 2012	incumbent	2024–present	2019–2024	R [37]	Brewer (R)	—
44	Clint Bolick	1957–present	January 6, 2016	incumbent	—	—	I [38] [39]	Ducey (R)	—
45	Andrew Gould	1963–present	January 6, 2017	March 31, 2021	—	—	R [40]	Ducey (R)	resignation
46	John Lopez IV	1968–present	January 6, 2017	incumbent	—	2024–present	R [40]	Ducey (R)	—
47	James Beene	1965–present	June 17, 2019	incumbent	—	—	R [41]	Ducey (R)	—
48	Bill Montgomery	1967–present	August 4, 2019	incumbent	—	—	R [42]	Ducey (R)	—
49	Kathryn Hackett King	1980–present	July 8, 2021	incumbent	—	—	R [43]	Ducey (R)	—
50	Maria Elena Cruz	1972–present	January 29, 2025	incumbent	—	—	D [44]	Hobbs (D)	—

Chief justices and vice chief justices

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

Chief Justice Franklin January 1912 – December 1914 H. Ross January 1915 – December 1916 Franklin January 1917 – December 1917 Cunningham January 1918 – December 1920 H. Ross January 1921 – December 1922 McAlister January 1923 – December 1926 H. Ross January 1927 – December 1928 A. Lockwood January 1929 – December 1930 McAlister January 1931 – December 1932 H. Ross January 1933 – December 1934 A. Lockwood January 1935 – December 1936 McAlister January 1937 – December 1938 H. Ross January 1939 – December 1940 A. Lockwood January 1941 – December 1942 McAlister January 1943 – December 1944 H. Ross January 1945 – February 1945 Stanford February 1945 – December 1948 LaPrade January 1949 – December 1950 L. Udall January 1951 – December 1952 Stanford January 1953 – December 1953 Phelps January 1954 – December 1954 LaPrade January 1955 – December 1956 L. Udall January 1957 – December 1958 Phelps January 1959 – December 1959 Struckmeyer Jr. January 1960 – December 1961 Bernstein January 1962 – December 1963 J. Udall January 1964 – December 1964 L. Lockwood January 1965 – December 1965 Struckmeyer Jr. January 1966 – December 1966 Bernstein January 1967 – December 1967 McFarland January 1968 – December 1968 J. Udall January 1969 – December 1969 L. Lockwood January 1970 – December 1970 Struckmeyer Jr. January 1971 – December 1971 Hays January 1972 – December 1974 Cameron January 1975 – December 1979 Struckmeyer Jr. January 1980 – December 1981 Holohan January 1982 – January 1987 Gordon Jr. January 1987 – January 1992 Feldman January 1992 – January 1997 Zlaket January 1997 – January 2002 Jones January 2002 – June 2005 McGregor June 2005 – June 2009 Berch July 2009 – June 2014 Bales July 2014 – June 2019 Brutinel July 2019 – June 2024 Timmer July 2024 – present

Vice Chief Justice Bernstein 1961 J. Udall 1962 – 1963 L. Lockwood 1964 Struckmeyer Jr. 1965 Bernstein 1966 McFarland 1967 J. Udall 1968 L. Lockwood 1969 Struckmeyer Jr. 1970 Hays 1971 J. Udall January 1972 Beene 1972 – 1974 Struckmeyer Jr. 1975 – 1979 Holohan 1980 – 1981 Lyman 1982 – 1986 Feldman 1987 – 1991 Moeller 1992 – 1996 Zlaket 1996 – January 1997 Jones January 1997 – January 2002 McGregor January 2002 – June 2005 Berch June 2005 – June 2009 Hurwitz July 2009 – June 2012 Bales June 2012 – June 2014 J. Ross June 2014 – January 2018 Brutinel January 2018 – June 2019 Timmer July 2019 – June 2024 Lopez July 2024 – present

Succession of seats

Seat 1 Seat established 1912 Franklin Democratic 1912–1918 J. Ross Democratic 1918–1919 Baker Democratic 1919–1921 Flanigan Republican 1921–1923 Lyman Democratic 1923–1925 A. Lockwood Democratic 1925–1943 Stanford Democratic 1943–1955 Struckmeyer Jr. Democratic 1955–1982 Feldman Democratic 1982–2002 Hurwitz Democratic 2003–2012 Timmer Republican 2012–present

Seat 2 Seat established 1912 Cunningham Democratic 1912–1921 McAlister Democratic 1921–1945 LaPrade Democratic 1945–1957 Johnson Democratic 1957–1960 Lesher Republican 1960 Jennings Democratic 1960–1964 Scruggs Republican 1964–1965 McFarland Democratic 1965–1971 Cameron Republican 1971–1992 Martone Republican 1992–2001 Berch Republican 2002–2015 Bolick Independent 2016–present

Seat 3 Seat established 1912 H. Ross Democratic 1912–1945 Morgan Democratic 1945–1947 L. Udall Democratic 1946–1960 J. Udall Republican 1960–1972 Holohan Republican 1972–1989 Corcoran Democratic 1989–1996 Jones Republican 1996–2005 Bales Democratic 2005–2019 Montgomery Republican 2019–present

Seat 4 Seat established 1949 DeConcini Democratic 1949–1953 Windes Democratic 1953–1959 Bernstein Democratic 1959–1969 Hays Republican 1969–1987 Moeller Republican 1987–1998 McGregor Democratic 1998–2009 Pelander Republican 2009–2019 Beene Republican 2019–present

Seat 5 Seat established 1949 Phelps Democratic 1949–1961 L. Lockwood Democratic 1961–1975 Gordon Jr. Democratic 1975–1992 Zlaket Republican 1992–2002 Ryan Republican 2002–2010 Brutinel Republican 2010–2024 Cruz Democratic 2025–present

Seat 6 Seat established 2016 Gould Republican 2016–2021 King Republican 2021–present

Seat 7 Seat established 2016 Lopez IV Republican 2016–present

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]

#	Justice	State	Born–died	Began term (oath of office)	Ended term	Term as chief justice	Appointed by	Reason for termination
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

Succession of seats

Chief Justice Seat established 1863 Turner IA 1863–1870 Titus PA 1870–1874 Dunne DC 1874–1876 French CA 1876–1884 Howard MI 1884–1885 Shields MI 1885–1886 Wright MO 1887–1890 Gooding IN 1890–1893 Baker AZ 1893–1897 Truesdale AZ 1897 Street AZ 1897–1902 Kent Jr. CO 1902–1912 Seat eliminated 1912 upon statehood

Seat 2 Seat established 1863 Allyn CT 1863–1867 Cartter ID 1867–1869 Reavis NE 1869–1872 D. Porter NE 1872–1882 Pinney IL 1882–1885 W. Porter CA 1885–1889 Kibbey AZ 1889–1893 Rouse AZ 1893–1897 Doan AZ 1897–1912 Seat eliminated 1912 upon statehood

Seat 3 Seat established 1863 Howell MI 1863–1864 Backus MI 1865–1869 Titus PA 1869–1870 Tweed CA 1870–1878 Silent CA 1878–1880 Stilwell NY 1881–1882 Hoover CA 1882–1883 Sheldon MD 1883–1884 Fitzgerald MS 1884–1885 Barnes IL 1885–1889 Sloan AZ 1889–1894 Bethune AZ 1894–1897 Davis AZ 1897–1905 Tucker NE 1905 Nave AZ 1905–1909 Lewis AZ 1909–1912 Seat eliminated 1912 upon statehood

Seat 4 Seat established 1891 Wells AZ 1891–1893 Hawkins AZ 1893–1897 Sloan AZ 1897–1909 Doe AZ 1909–1912 Seat eliminated 1912 upon statehood

Seat 5 Seat established 1905 Campbell AZ 1905–1912 Seat eliminated 1912 upon statehood

Sources

• Arizona Supreme Court Justices
• Arizona Constitution, Article VI
• Arizona Judicial Branch

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