This is a list of persons who have served as justices of the Alaska Supreme Court.
| Justice | Hometown | Born–died | Began term | Ended term | Term as chief justice | Appointed by | Reason for termination | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1910–1993 | 1959–1970 | Egan (D) | resignation | ||||||
| 2 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1918–1985 | — | Egan (D) | resignation | ||||||
| 3 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1896–1975 | — | Egan (D) | appointed to D. Alaska | ||||||
| 4 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1903–1966 | — | Egan (D) | lost retention election | ||||||
| 5 | style=white-space:nowrap | Fairbanks | 1927–2001 | 1972–1975 1978–1981 1984–1987 1990–1992 | Egan (D) | mandatory retirement | |||||
| 6 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage[1] | 1926–1999 | — | Hickel (R) | resignation | |||||
| 7 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1930–1972 | 1970–1972 | Hickel (R) | death | |||||
| 8 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage[2] | 1934–2020 | — | Miller (R) | resignation | |||||
| 9 | style=white-space:nowrap | Juneau | 1917–2011 | 1975–1978 | Egan (D) | appointed to 9th Cir. | |||||
| 10 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1920–2011 | — | Egan (D) | elevation to D. Alaska | |||||
| 11 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1935–2020 | 1981–1984 | Hammond (R) | resignation | |||||
| 12 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1939– | 1987–1990 1997–2000 | Hammond (R) | mandatory retirement | |||||
| 13 | style=white-space:nowrap | Juneau | 1938–2008 | 1995–1997 | Hammond (R) | resignation | |||||
| 14 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1933–2022 | 1992–1995 | Sheffield (D) | resignation | |||||
| 15 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1943– | — | Hickel (AI) | resignation | |||||
| 16 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1951– | 2000–2003 2006–2009 2012–2015 | Knowles (D) | resignation | |||||
| 17 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1943– | 2003–2006 | Knowles (D) | resignation | |||||
| 18 | style=white-space:nowrap | Juneau | 1945– | 2009–2012 | Knowles (D) | resignation | |||||
| 19 | style=white-space:nowrap | Fairbanks | 1953– | 2021–2023 | Palin (R) | mandatory retirement | |||||
| 20 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1961– | — | Palin (R) | appointed to 9th Cir. | |||||
| 21 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1954–2022 | 2015–2018 | Parnell (R) | resignation | |||||
| 22 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1955– | incumbent | 2023–present | Parnell (R) | — | ||||
| 23 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1955– | 2018–2021 | Parnell (R) | resignation | |||||
| 24 | style=white-space:nowrap | Fairbanks | 1962– | incumbent | — | Walker (I) | — | ||||
| 25 | style=white-space:nowrap | Fairbanks | 1979– | incumbent | — | Dunleavy (R) | — | ||||
| 26 | style=white-space:nowrap | Anchorage | 1976– | incumbent | — | Dunleavy (R) | — | ||||
| 27 | style=white-space:nowrap | 1965– | incumbent | — | Dunleavy (R) | — |
The Supreme Court had only one chief justice, Buell Nesbett, during its first decade of existence. Alaska voters approved a constitutional amendment in 1970, months after Nesbett's retirement, which set the current limits for chief justices, namely that they are allowed to serve three-year non-consecutive terms.
Justices face a retention election in the first regularly scheduled election after they have served three full years, and every ten years thereafter. Only one justice, Harry Arend, has lost a retention election.[3]
| Election Year | Justice Name | Yes Votes | Percentage | No Votes | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Nesbett | 37,872 | 72.1% | 14,679 | 27.9% | |
| Dimond | 38,873 | 73.4% | 14,083 | 26.6% | ||
| 1964 | Arend | 29,884 | 46.7% | 34,055 | 53.3% | |
| 1968 | Rabinowitz | 48,484 | 65.3% | 25,802 | 34.7% | |
| 1972 | Connor | 63,502 | 72.8% | 23,752 | 27.2% | |
| 1974 | Erwin | 54,907 | 67.5% | 26,460 | 32.5% | |
| 1976 | Boochever | 73,062 | 67.3% | 35,476 | 32.7% | |
| 1978 | Burke | 73,841 | 68.6% | 33,806 | 31.4% | |
| Rabinowitz | 72,978 | 67.8% | 34,729 | 32.2% | ||
| 1980 | Matthews | 75,991 | 53.5% | 66,095 | 46.5% | |
| 1982 | Connor | 104,275 | 61.5% | 65,240 | 38.5% | |
| 1984 | Compton | 125,759 | 69.6% | 54,968 | 30.4% | |
| 1986 | Moore | 107,420 | 69.0% | 48,159 | 31.0% | |
| 1988 | Burke | 124,827 | 73.0% | 46,124 | 27.0% | |
| Rabinowitz | 100,789 | 59.1% | 69,707 | 40.9% | ||
| 1990 | Matthews | 110,036 | 65.1% | 58,897 | 34.9% | |
| 1994 | Compton | 119,089 | 64.3% | 66,157 | 35.7% | |
| 1998 | Eastaugh | 127,794 | 64.9% | 69,031 | 35.1% | |
| 2000 | Bryner | 138,749 | 61.4% | 87,347 | 38.6% | |
| Fabe | 130,620 | 57.1% | 98,183 | 42.9% | ||
| Matthews | 134,657 | 60.8% | 86,806 | 39.2% | ||
| 2002 | Carpeneti | 130,566 | 66.7% | 65,117 | 33.3% | |
| 2008 | Eastaugh | 172,440 | 63.5% | 98,944 | 36.5% | |
| 2010 | Fabe | 126,885 | 54.4% | 106,524 | 45.6% | |
| 2012 | Winfree | 165,777 | 64.9% | 89,553 | 35.1% | |
| 2014 | Stowers | 146,829 | 62.9% | 86,534 | 37.1% | |
| 2016 | Bolger | 157,225 | 57.9% | 114,440 | 42.1% | |
| Maassen | 154,304 | 57.5% | 114,205 | 42.5% | ||
| 2020 | Carney | 200,598 | 63.0% | 117,660 | 37.0% |