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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 here 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-4 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 Agreement and Plan of
Merger dated as of October 19, 1994, by and between the Corporation and Peoples
Commercial Services Corp. ("Peoples") 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 (principal January 30, 1995
- --------------------------------- executive officer) and a Director
Ralph Horn
Susan Schmidt Bies Executive Vice President and January 30, 1995
- --------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer (principal
Susan Schmidt Bies financial officer)
James F. Keen Senior Vice President and January 30, 1995
- --------------------------------- Controller (principal
James F. Keen accounting officer)
Jack A. Belz Director January 30, 1995
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Jack A. Belz
Robert C. Blattberg Director January 30, 1995
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Robert C. Blattberg
Director January , 1995
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J. R. Hyde, III
Joseph Orgill Director January 30, 1995
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Joseph Orgill, III
Richard E. Ray Director January 30, 1995
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Richard E. Ray
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Vicki G. Roman Director January 30, 1995
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Vicki G. Roman
Michael D. Rose Director January 30, 1995
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Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director January 30, 1995
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William B. Sansom
Gordon P. Street, Jr. Director January 30, 1995
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Gordon P. Street
Ronald Terry Director January 30, 1995
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Ronald Terry
R. Brad Martin Director
- --------------------------------- January 30, 1995
R. Brad Martin
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