Past justices From October 8, 1840, to January 15, 1848, the court was known as the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii .
This early Supreme Court was head by the King, the Kuhina Nui, and four other chiefs elected by the representative body to serve as Judges. The four judges of the Supreme Court were not associate justices but served that capacity as assistants to the chief justice, i.e. the King. [ 1] [ 2] [ 3] From January 15, 1848, to December 6, 1852, it was known as the Superior Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii.Republic of Hawaii .Territory of Hawaii .Supreme Court of Hawaii .
Pre-statehood courts Name Portrait Appointment Term End Chief Justice Appointment Chief Justice Term End Kamehameha III [ 1] October 8, 1840 January 15, 1848 October 8, 1840 January 15, 1848 [ 4] Kekāuluohi [ 1] October 8, 1840 [ 5] June 7, 1845 Keoni Ana [ 1] June 10, 1845 January 15, 1848 Zorobabela Kaʻauwai [ 1] May 10, 1842 [ 6] November, 1846 (resigned) [ 1] [ 7] Pākī [ 1] May 10, 1842 [ 8] by January 15, 1848 Charles Kanaʻina [ 1] May 10, 1842 [ 9] by January 15, 1848 Jonah Kapena [ 1] May 10, 1842 [ 10] by January 15, 1848 Joshua Kaeo [ 1] November, 1846 [ 1] [ 7] by January 15, 1848 Lorrin Andrews January 15, 1848 January 10, 1855 [ 11] John Papa ʻĪʻī January 15, 1848 February 16, 1864 [ 12] William Little Lee January 16, 1848 May 28, 1857 January 16, 1848 May 28, 1857 [ 13] George Morison Robertson January 10, 1855 December 24, 1863 [ 14] Elisha Hunt Allen June 4, 1857 February 22, 1877 June 4, 1857 [ 15] February 1, 1877 [ 16] George Morison Robertson February 16, 1864 March 12, 1867 [ 14] Robert Grimes Davis February 16, 1864 July 8, 1868 [ 17] James W. Austin July 10, 1868 July 10, 1869 [ 18] Alfred S. Hartwell September 30, 1868 February 18, 1874 [ 19] Hermann A. Widemann July 10, 1869 February 18, 1874 [ 20] Charles Coffin Harris February 18, 1874 July 2, 1881 February 1, 1877 July 2, 1881 [ 21] Albert Francis Judd February 18, 1874 May 20, 1900 November 5, 1881 May 20, 1900 [ 22] Lawrence McCully February 1, 1877 April 10, 1892 [ 23] Benjamin H. Austin November 7, 1881 July 5, 1885 [ 24] Edward Preston July 7, 1885 January 17, 1890 [ 25] Richard F. Bickerton December 29, 1886 December 10, 1895 [ 26] Abraham Fornander December 27, 1886 November 1, 1887 [ 27] Sanford B. Dole December 28, 1887 January 17, 1893 [ 28] Walter F. Frear March 7, 1893 August 15, 1907 July 5, 1900 August 15, 1907 [ 29] William Austin Whiting January 11, 1896 July 14, 1900 [ 30] Antonio Perry July 5, 1900 June 15, 1904 [ 31] Clinton A. Galbraith June 30, 1900 June 15, 1904 [ 32] Alfred S. Hartwell June 15, 1904 March 9, 1911 August 15, 1907 March 9, 1911 [ 19] Francis March Hatch June 15, 1904 January 31, 1905 [ 33] Arthur A. Wilder February 13, 1905 January 25, 1910 [ 34] Sidney M. Ballou August 15, 1907 May 6, 1909 [ 35] Antonio Perry May 6, 1909 April 2, 1914 [ 31] John T. DeBolt 1910 1914 Alexander George Morison Robertson March 9, 1911 January 1, 1918 March 9, 1911 January 1, 1918 [ 36] Edward Minor Watson Jr. March 19, 1914 December 15, 1916 [ 37] Ralph P. Quarles April 2, 1914 September 12, 1918 [ 38] James Leslie Coke January 13, 1917 April 17, 1922 March 7, 1918 April 17, 1922 [ 39] Samuel B. Kemp March 7, 1918 April 17, 1922 [ 40] William S. Edings September 26, 1918 October 10, 1922 [ 41] Antonio Perry April 17, 1922 July 3, 1934 February 26, 1926 July 3, 1934 [ 42] Emil C. Peters April 17, 1922 December 21, 1925 April 17, 1922 December 21, 1925 Alexander Lindsay Jr. October 10, 1922 [ 43] September 5, 1926 [ 44] James J. Banks 1926 1938 Charles Francis Parsons 1926 1935 James Leslie Coke July 3, 1934 March 22, 1941 July 3, 1934 March 22, 1941 [ 39] Emil C. Peters 1935 1949 Samuel B. Kemp 1938 June 30, 1950 June 20, 1941 June 30, 1950 [ 40] Louis LeBaron 1942 1955 Albert Moses Cristy 1949 1950 Edward Armstrong Towse April 18, 1950 April 6, 1956 October 15, 1951 April 6, 1956 Ingram Stainback October 15, 1951 1959 Philip L. Rice February 7, 1955 July 27, 1959 March 29, 1956 July 27, 1959 Masaji Marumoto 1956 1959
Courts since statehood Name Portrait Appointment Term End Chief Justice Appointment Chief Justice Term End Charles E. Cassidy October 5, 1959 May 8, 1967 Cable A. Wirtz October 5, 1959 May 8, 1967 Rhoda Valentine Lewis October 5, 1959 May 8, 1967 Masaji Marumoto October 5, 1959 September 15, 1960 Wilfred Tsukiyama October 5, 1959 December 31, 1965 October 5, 1959 December 31, 1965 Jack Mizuha April 28, 1961 June 28, 1968 William S. Richardson March 25, 1966 October 30, 1982 March 25, 1966 October 30, 1982 Kazuhisa Abe May 8, 1967 December 28, 1973 Bernard H. Levinson May 8, 1967 August 31, 1974 Masaji Marumoto May 8, 1967 December 28, 1973 Bert T. Kobayashi July 17, 1969 December 29, 1978 Thomas Shoichi Ogata February 5, 1974 December 30, 1981 Benjamin Menor April 16, 1974 December 30, 1981 Homer Baird Kidwell July 1, 1975 February 28, 1979 Herman T. F. Lum January 28, 1980 March 31, 1993 April 26, 1983 March 31, 1993 Edward Nakamura March 24, 1980 December 28, 1989 Yoshimi Hayashi March 30, 1982 March 31, 1992 Frank D. Padgett March 30, 1982 March 31, 1992 James H. Wakatsuki September 7, 1983 September 22, 1992 Robert G. Klein March 31, 1992 February 4, 2000 Steven Levinson April 7, 1992 December 30, 2008 Paula A. Nakayama April 22, 1993 April 21, 2023 [ 45] Mario R. Ramil May 13, 1993 December 31, 2002 Ronald Moon March 9, 1990 March 30, 2010 March 31, 1993 March 30, 2010 James E. Duffy June 27, 2003 July 1, 2012 Simeon R. Acoba Jr. May 19, 2000 February 29, 2014 Richard W. Pollack August 6, 2012 June 2, 2020 Mark E. Recktenwald May 5, 2009 September 14, 2010 September 14, 2010 Incumbent Sabrina McKenna March 3, 2011 Michael D. Wilson April 17, 2014 March 31, 2023 [ 46] Todd W. Eddins December 11, 2020 Lisa M. Ginoza January 12, 2024 Vladimir Devens January 12, 2024
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