EXHIBIT 23.2

                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   We  consent to  the reference  to our  firm under  the caption
   "Experts" in  the Registration Statement Form  S-4 and related
   Prospectus   of   First   Commercial   Corporation   for   the
   registration  of 415,663 shares of its common stock and to the
   incorporation by reference therein of our report dated January
   30,  1996,   with  respect  to   the  consolidated   financial
   statements  of First  Commercial Corporation  included  in its
   Annual  Report (Form  10-K) for  the year  ended  December 31,
   1995, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

                                 ERNST & YOUNG LLP

   Little Rock, Arkansas
   September 18, 1996