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EXHIBIT 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears
below does hereby constitute and appoint SUSAN SCHMIDT BIES, JAMES F. KEEN,
CLYDE A. BILLINGS, JR., and TERESA A. FEHRMAN, 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 its
Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, pursuant to the Non-Employee
Directors' Deferred Compensation Stock Option Plan of the Corporation 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 Chief Executive Officer January 11, 1995
------------------------ (principal executive officer)
Ralph Horn and a Director
Susan Schmidt Bies Executive Vice President January 11, 1995
------------------------ and Chief Financial Officer
Susan Schmidt Bies (principal financial officer)
James F. Keen Senior Vice President and January 11, 1995
------------------------ Controller (principal
James F. Keen accounting officer)
Jack A. Belz Director January 11, 1995
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Jack A. Belz
Robert C. Blattberg Director January 11, 1995
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Robert C. Blattberg
J. R. Hyde, III Director January 11, 1995
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J. R. Hyde, III
R. Brad Martin Director January 11, 1995
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R. Brad Martin
Joseph Orgill, III Director January 11, 1995
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Joseph Orgill, III
Richard E. Ray Director January 11, 1995
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Richard E. Ray
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Signature Title Date
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Vicki G. Roman Director January 11, 1995
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Vicki G. Roman
Michael D. Rose Director January 11, 1995
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Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director January 11, 1995
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William B. Sansom
Gordon P. Street, Jr. Director January 11, 1995
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Gordon P. Street, Jr.
Ronald Terry Director January 11, 1995
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Ronald Terry
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