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 | 1871–? | 1912–1914 1917 | — | D[1] | elected | resignation | ||||||
2 | 1866–1947 | 1918–1920 | — | D | elected | term expiration | ||||||
3 | 1861–1945 | 1915–1916 1921–1922 1927–1928 1933–1934 1939–1940 1945–1945 | — | D | elected | death | ||||||
4 | 1863–1945 | — | — | D[2] | Hunt (D) | term expiration | ||||||
5 | 1845–1921 | — | — | D[3] | elected | death | ||||||
6 | 1873–1950 | 1923–1926 1931–1932 1937–1938 1943–1944 | — | D[4] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
7 | 1874–1932 | — | — | R[5] | Campbell (R) | term expiration | ||||||
8 | 1863–1957 | — | — | D[6] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
9 | 1875–1951 | 1929–1930 1935–1936 1941–1942 | — | D[7] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
10 | 1879–1963 | 1945–1948 1953–1953 | — | D[8] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
11 | 1895–1957 | 1949–1950 1955–1956 | — | D[9] | elected | death | ||||||
12 | 1884–1967 | — | — | D[10] | Osborn (D) | term expiration | ||||||
13 | 1891–1960 | 1951–1952 1957–1958 | — | D[11] | elected | death | ||||||
14 | 1901–1986 | — | — | D[12] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
15 | 1881–1964 | 1954–1954 1959–1959 | — | D | elected | term expiration | ||||||
16 | 1888–1972 | [13] | — | — | D[14] | elected | term expiration | |||||
17 | 1912–1992 | 1960–1961 1966–1966 1971–1971 1980–1981 | 1965 1970 1975–1979 | D[15] | elected | mandatory retirement | ||||||
18 | 1906–1988 | — | — | D[16] | McFarland (D) | resignation | ||||||
19 | 1904–1976 | 1962–1963 1967–1967 | 1961 1966 | D[17] | elected | lost election | ||||||
20 | 1893–1980 | 1964–1964 1969–1969 | 1962–1963 1968 1972 | R[18] | Fannin (R) | resignation | ||||||
21 | 1921–2005 | — | — | R[19] | Fannin (R) | lost election | ||||||
22 | 1899–1983 | — | — | D[20] | elected | resignation | ||||||
23 | 1903–1977 | [21] | 1965–1965 1970–1970 | 1964 1969 | D | elected | resignation | |||||
24 | 1903–1974 | — | — | R[22] | Fannin (R) | lost election | ||||||
25 | 1894–1984 | 1968 | 1967 | D[23] | elected | term expiration | ||||||
26 | 1917–1995 | 1972–1974 | 1971 | R[24] | elected | resignation | ||||||
27 | 1925–2003 | 1975–1979 | 1972–1974 | R[25] | elected | resignation | ||||||
28 | 1928–2010 | 1982–1987 | 1980–1981 | R[26] | Williams (R) | resignation | ||||||
29 | 1929–2020 | 1987–1992 | 1982–1986 | D[27] | Castro (D) | resignation | ||||||
30 | 1933–present | 1992–1997 | 1987–1991 | D[28] | Babbitt (D) | resignation | ||||||
31 | 1933–2019 | — | 1992–1996 | R[29] | Mecham (R) | resignation | ||||||
32 | 1934–2010 | — | — | D[30] | Mofford (D) | resignation | ||||||
33 | 1941–present | 1997–2002 | 1996–1997 | R[31] | Symington (R) | resignation | ||||||
34 | 1943–present | — | — | R[32] | Symington (R) | elevation to D. Ariz. | ||||||
35 | 1935–2018 | 2002–2005 | 1997–2002 | R[33] | Symington (R) | mandatory retirement | ||||||
36 | 1943–present | 2005–2009 | 2002–2005 | D[34] | Hull (R) | resignation | ||||||
37 | 1955–present | 2009–2014 | 2005–2009 | R[35] | Hull (R) | resignation | ||||||
38 | 1945–2012 | — | — | R | Hull (R) | resignation | ||||||
39 | 1947–present | — | 2009–2012 | D | Napolitano (D) | elevation to 9th Cir. | ||||||
40 | 1956–present | 2014–2019 | 2012–2014 | D[36] | Napolitano (D) | resignation | ||||||
41 | 1951–present | — | 2014–2018 | R[37] | Brewer (R) | resignation | ||||||
42 | 1958–present | incumbent | 2019–present | 2018–2019 | R[38] | Brewer (R) | — | |||||
43 | 1960–present | incumbent | — | 2019–present | R[39] | Brewer (R) | — | |||||
44 | 1957–present | incumbent | — | — | I[40] [41] | Ducey (R) | — | |||||
45 | 1963–present | — | — | R[42] | Ducey (R) | resignation | ||||||
46 | 1968–present | incumbent | — | — | R | Ducey (R) | — | |||||
47 | 1965–present | incumbent | — | — | R[43] | Ducey (R) | — | |||||
48 | 1967–present | incumbent | — | — | R[44] | Ducey (R) | — | |||||
49 | 1980–present | incumbent | — | — | R[45] | Ducey (R) | — |
Each January, the justices select a chief and vice chief justice.[46]
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.[47]
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 | IA | 1816–1899 | 1863–1870 | Lincoln (R) A. Johnson (D) | removal | |||||
2 | CT | 1833–1869 | — | Lincoln (R) | term expiration | |||||
3 | MI | 1810–1870 | — | Lincoln (R) | resignation | |||||
4 | MI | 1809–1877 | — | Lincoln (R) | term expiration | |||||
5 | ID | 1810–1874 | — | A. Johnson (D) | removal | |||||
6 | NE | 1836–1914 | — | Grant (R) | resignation | |||||
7 | PA | 1812–1876 | 1870–1874 | Grant (R) | term expiration | |||||
8 | CA | 1813–1887 | — | Grant (R) | term expiration | |||||
9 | NE | 1840–1889 | — | Grant (R) Hayes (R) | resignation | |||||
10 | DC | 1835–1904 | 1874–1876 | Grant (R) | removal | |||||
11 | CA | 1822–1891 | 1876–1884 | Grant (R) Hayes (R) | term expiration | |||||
12 | CA | 1842–1918 | — | Hayes (R) | resignation | |||||
13 | NY | 1849–1928 | — | Garfield (R) | removal | |||||
14 | IL | 1837–1921 | — | Arthur (R) | removal | |||||
15 | CA | — | Arthur (R) | removal | ||||||
16 | MD | — | Arthur (R) | death | ||||||
17 | MS | 1846–1903 | — | Arthur (R) | removal | |||||
18 | MI | 1835–1902 | 1884–1885 | Arthur (R) | resignation | |||||
19 | IL | 1843–1904 | — | Cleveland (D) | term expiration | |||||
20 | MI | 1848–1892 | 1885–1886 | Cleveland (D) | nomination rejection | |||||
21 | CA | 1826–1907 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal | |||||
22 | MO | 1838–1905 | 1887–1890 | Cleveland (D) | removal | |||||
23 | AZ | 1853–1924 | — | B. Harrison (R) | removal | |||||
24 | AZ | 1857–1933 | — | B. Harrison (R) | term expiration | |||||
25 | IN | 1838–1913 | 1890–1893 | B. Harrison (R) | resignation | |||||
26 | AZ | 1846–1938 | — | B. Harrison (R) | resignation | |||||
27 | AZ | 1855–1935 | — | Cleveland (D) | term expiration | |||||
28 | AZ | 1843–1919 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal | |||||
29 | AZ | 1845–1921 | 1893–1897 | Cleveland (D) | term expiration | |||||
30 | AZ | 1842–1912 | — | Cleveland (D) | removal | |||||
31 | AZ | 1857–1933 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) | elevation to governor | |||||
32 | AZ | 1860–1897 | 1897 | McKinley (R) | death | |||||
33 | AZ | 1846–1924 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition | |||||
34 | AZ | 1861–1933 | — | McKinley (R) T. Roosvelt (R) | resignation | |||||
35 | AZ | 1846–1908 | 1897–1902 | McKinley (R) | term expiration | |||||
36 | CO | 1862–1916 | 1902–1912 | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition | |||||
37 | AZ | 1868–1928 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) Taft (R) | court abolition | |||||
38 | NE | 1856–1942 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation | |||||
39 | AZ | 1873–1912 | — | T. Roosevelt (R) | resignation | |||||
40 | AZ | 1875–1927 | — | Taft (R) | court abolition | |||||
41 | AZ | 1850–1919 | — | Taft (R) | court abolition |