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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. ROSENGARTEN, 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 Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1998 to be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, pursuant to the provisions of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, by First Tennessee National Corporation
("Corporation") and, further, to execute and sign any and all 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, March 19, 1999
- -------------------------------------- President and Chief Executive
Ralph Horn Officer and a Director
(principal executive officer)
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. Executive Vice President and March 19, 1999
- -------------------------------------- Chief Financial Officer
Elbert L. Thomas, Jr. (principal financial officer)
James F. Keen Senior Vice President and March 19, 1999
- -------------------------------------- Controller (principal
James F. Keen accounting officer)
Robert C. Blattberg
- -------------------------------------- Director March 19, 1999
Robert C. Blattberg
Carlos H. Cantu
- -------------------------------------- Director March 19, 1999
Carlos H. Cantu
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Signature Title Date
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George E. Cates Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
George E. Cates
J. Kenneth Glass Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
J. Kenneth Glass
James A. Haslam, III Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
James A. Haslam, III
John C. Kelley, Jr. Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
John C. Kelley, Jr.
R. Brad Martin Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
R. Brad Martin
Joseph Orgill, III Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
Joseph Orgill, III
Vicki R. Palmer Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
Vicki R. Palmer
Michael D. Rose Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
Michael D. Rose
William B. Sansom Director March 19, 1999
- --------------------------------------
William B. Sansom
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