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Financial Information (Schedule of Accounting Changes) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in        
Other assets $ 1,429,704,000us-gaap_OtherAssets $ 1,385,572,000us-gaap_OtherAssets    
Other liabilities 628,420,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities 649,359,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities    
Undivided profits 716,540,000us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit 851,585,000us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit    
Other expense 18,483,000us-gaap_OtherNoninterestExpense      
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes 20,066,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit      
Net income/(loss) available to common shareholders 45,616,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic      
Diluted income/(loss) per share $ 0.19us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted      
Accounting Standards Update 2014-01 [Member]        
New Accounting Pronouncement or Change in        
Other assets (5,153,000)us-gaap_OtherAssets
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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(4,700,000)us-gaap_OtherAssets
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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(5,340,000)us-gaap_OtherAssets
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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Other liabilities 6,472,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
4,678,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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7,034,000us-gaap_OtherLiabilities
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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Undivided profits (11,625,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
(9,378,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
(12,374,000)us-gaap_RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
 
Other expense (2,170,000)us-gaap_OtherNoninterestExpense
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
(8,680,000)us-gaap_OtherNoninterestExpense
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
(10,082,000)us-gaap_OtherNoninterestExpense
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
(14,177,000)us-gaap_OtherNoninterestExpense
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
Provision/(benefit) for income taxes 1,421,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
5,684,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
12,780,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
13,234,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
Net income/(loss) available to common shareholders $ 749,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
$ 2,996,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
$ (2,698,000)us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
$ 943,000us-gaap_NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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Diluted income/(loss) per share $ 0us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
$ 0.01us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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$ (0.01)us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
= fhn_AccountingStandardsUpdate201401Member
$ 0us-gaap_EarningsPerShareDiluted
/ us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis
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