EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below does hereby constitute and appoint JAMES F. KEEN, CLYDE A.
BILLINGS, JR., and MILTON A. GUTELIUS, JR., jointly and each of them severally,
his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place
and stead, in any and all capacities, to execute and sign the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
pursuant to the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, by First Tennessee
National Corporation ("Corporation") relating to the issuance of 1,750,000
shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $0.625 per share, pursuant
to the 1997 Employee Stock Option Plan of First Tennessee National Corporation
("Plan") and, further, to execute and sign any and all pre-effective and
post-effective amendments thereto and to file the same, with all exhibits
thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary
to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as
the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
the acts that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their or his
or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Signature Title Date
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Ralph Horn Chairman of the Board and September 12, 2003
- -------------------------------- a Director
Ralph Horn
J. Kenneth Glass President, Chief Executive September 12, 2003
- -------------------------------- Officer and a Director (principal
J. Kenneth Glass executive officer)
James F. Keen Executive Vice President, Chief September 12, 2003
- -------------------------------- Financial Officer and Corporate
James F. Keen Controller (principal financial officer
and principal accounting officer)
Robert C. Blattberg Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
Robert C. Blattberg
George E. Cates Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
George E. Cates
James A. Haslam, III Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
James A. Haslam, III
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R. Brad Martin Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
R. Brad Martin
Vicki R. Palmer Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
Vicki R. Palmer
Michael D. Rose Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
William B. Sansom
Jonathan P. Ward Director May 13, 2003
- --------------------------------
Jonathan P. Ward
Luke Yancy III Director September 12, 2003
- --------------------------------
Luke Yancy III
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