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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 ELBERT L. THOMAS, JR., 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 an
indeterminate number of Plan interests and up to 1,000,000 shares of the
Corporation's Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share, pursuant to the First
Tennessee National Corporation Savings Plan and Trust, as amended, ("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 President and Chief Executive October 30, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------- Officer and a Director
Ralph Horn (principal executive officer)
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. Senior Vice President and October 30, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. (principal financial officer)
James F. Keen Senior Vice President and October 30, 1995
- ---------------------------------------------- Controller (principal
James F. Keen accounting officer)
Director October __, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Jack A. Belz
Robert C. Blattberg Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Robert C. Blattberg
J. R. Hyde, III Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
J. R. Hyde, III
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R. Brad Martin Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
R. Brad Martin
Joseph Orgill, III Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Joseph Orgill, III
Richard E. Ray Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Richard E. Ray
Vicki G. Roman Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Vicki G. Roman
Michael D. Rose Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
William B. Sansom
Gordon P. Street, Jr. Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Gordon P. Street, Jr.
Ronald Terry Director October 30, 1995
- ----------------------------------------------
Ronald Terry