List of justices of the Supreme Court of Hawaii

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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.
From December 6, 1852, to January 17, 1893, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
From January 17, 1893, to July 4, 1898, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Republic of Hawaii.
From July 4, 1898, to August 21, 1959, it was known as the Supreme Court of the Territory of Hawaii.
From August 21, 1959, to the present, it is known as the Supreme Court of Hawaii.

Pre-statehood courts

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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

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Succession of seats (1900–1959)

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Chief Justice Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 Frear 1900–1907 Hartwell 1907–1911 Robertson 1911–1918 Coke 1918–1922 Peters 1922–1925 Perry 1926–1934 Coke 1934–1941 Kemp 1941–1950 Towse 1951–1956 Rice 1956–1959

Associate Justice 1 Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 Galbraith 1900–1904 Hartwell 1904–1907 Ballou 1907–1909 Perry 1909–1914 Quarles 1914–1918 Edings 1918–1922 Lindsay 1922–1926 Parsons 1926–1935 Peters 1935–1949 Cristy 1949–1950 Towse 1950–1956 Stainback 1951–1959

Associate Justice 2 Seat established on March 3, 1900 by 60 Stat. 322 Perry 1900–1904 Hatch 1904–1905 Wilder 1905–1910 DeBolt 1910–1914 Watson 1914–1916 Coke 1917–1918 Kemp 1918–1922 Perry 1922–1926 Banks 1926–1938 Kemp 1938–1941 LeBaron 1942–1955 Rice 1955–1956 Marumoto 1956–1959

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Courts since statehood

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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	August 31, 2010	March 31, 1993	August 31, 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	September 30, 2025
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		May 5, 2026

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• Indicates served non-consecutive terms as either an Associate Justice or Chief Justice.