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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
1,500,000 shares of the Corporation's Common Stock, par value $2.50 per share,
pursuant to the First Tennessee National Corporation 1995 Employee Stock Option
Plan ("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 November 20, 1995
- --------------------------------------- Officer and a Director
Ralph Horn (principal executive officer)
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. Senior Vice President and November 20, 1995
- ----------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. (principal financial officer)
James F. Keen Senior Vice President and November 20, 1995
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James F. Keen Controller (principal
accounting officer)
Director November ,1995
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Jack A. Belz
Director November ,1995
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Robert C. Blattberg
J. R. Hyde, III Director November 20, 1995
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J. R. Hyde, III
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Director November , 1995
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R. Brad Martin
Joseph Orgill, III Director November 20, 1995
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Joseph Orgill, III
Director November , 1995
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Richard E. Ray
Director November , 1995
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Vicki G. Roman
Michael D. Rose Director November 20, 1995
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Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director November 20, 1995
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William B. Sansom
Gordon P. Street, Jr. Director November 20, 1995
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Gordon P. Street, Jr.
Ronald Terry Director November 20, 1995
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Ronald Terry
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