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Contingencies And Other Disclosures (Narrative I) (Details) (USD $)
Share data in Millions, unless otherwise specified
3 Months Ended 32 Months Ended 12 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
number
Mar. 31, 2014
Aug. 31, 2008
Dec. 31, 2007
number
Oct. 31, 2014
Sep. 30, 2013
Sep. 30, 2014
Mar. 31, 2008
Mar. 25, 2015
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Estimated Litigation Liability $ 218,700,000us-gaap_LitigationReserve                
Number of GSEs to which conventional conforming single-family mortgage loans were predominately sold to 2fhn_NumberOfGsesToWhichConventionalConformingSingleFamilyLoanResidentialMortgageLoansWerePredominatelySoldTo                
Percent Of Repurchase Make Whole Claims Related To Private Whole Loan Sales 48.00%fhn_PercentOfRepurchaseMakeWholeClaimsRelatedToPrivateWholeLoanSales                
Loan-to-value ratio at origination 80.00%fhn_LoanToValueRatioAtOrigination                
Accrued losses on loan repurchase exposure 117,100,000fhn_LiabilityForEstimatedRepurchaseLosses 145,700,000fhn_LiabilityForEstimatedRepurchaseLosses              
Unpaid principal balance of servicing portfolio 241,700,000fhn_UnpaidPrincipalBalanceOfServicingPortfolio         15,000,000,000fhn_UnpaidPrincipalBalanceOfServicingPortfolio      
Number of years of the subservicing arrangement     3 years            
Amount disputed related to various items for transfers of subservicers 8,600,000fhn_AmountDisputedRelatedToVariousItemsForTransferOfSubservicers                
Subservicer expenditure reimbursement amount disputed 34,900,000fhn_SubservicerExpenditureReimbursementAmountDisputed                
Litigation And Regulatory Matters 162,500,000fhn_LitigationAndRegulatoryMatters 90,000fhn_LitigationAndRegulatoryMatters              
Fha Insured [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Estimated Litigation Liability 212,500,000us-gaap_LitigationReserve
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FhaInsuredMember
               
Number Of Loans Originated From 2006 to 2008 Divestiture Of The National Mortgage Platform     47,817fhn_NumberOfLoansOriginatedFromTwoThousandSixToTwoThousandEightDivestitureOfNationalMortgagePlatform
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FhaInsuredMember
           
Amount Of Loans Originated From 2006 to 2008 Divestiture Of The National Mortgage Platform     8,200,000,000fhn_AmountOfLoansOriginatedFromTwoThousandSixToTwoThousandEightDivestitureOfNationalMortgagePlatform
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FhaInsuredMember
           
Amount Of Insurance Recoveries Company Is Pursuing 75,000,000fhn_AmountOfInsuranceRecoveriesCompanyIsPursuing
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FhaInsuredMember
               
Mortgage Securitization Litigation [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Investment in proprietary securitizations subject to lawsuits 195,700,000fhn_InvestmentsInProprietarySecuritizationsSubjectToLawsuits
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_MortgageSecuritizationLitigationMember
               
Investment in proprietary securitizations subject to indemnifications 613,900,000fhn_InvestmentInProprietarySecuritizationsSubjectToIndemnifications
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_MortgageSecuritizationLitigationMember
               
F H Proprietary Securitization [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Number of securitization trusts Active       80fhn_NumberOfSecuritizationTrustsActive
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FHProprietarySecuritizationMember
         
Remaining balance in mortgage loans 5,900,000,000fhn_RemainingBalanceInActiveProprietarySecuritizations
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FHProprietarySecuritizationMember
               
Visa Class B Shares [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Number of Visa Class B shares 1.1fhn_NumberOfClassBShares
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
            2.4fhn_NumberOfClassBShares
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
 
Additional amount deposited into escrow account by Visa             450,000,000fhn_ThirdPartyEscrow
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
   
Cash payment to counterparty         2,400,000fhn_CashPaymentToCounterparty
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
       
Estimated conversion ratio 165.00%fhn_EstimatedConversionRatio
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
               
Contingent liability 800,000us-gaap_LossContingencyAccrualAtCarryingValue
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
               
Derivative liability 5,000,000fhn_DerivativeLiabilitiesRelatedToSale
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
4,900,000fhn_DerivativeLiabilitiesRelatedToSale
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
             
Historical cost 0us-gaap_CostMethodInvestments
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_VisaClassBSharesMember
               
Alt-A [Member] | F H Proprietary Securitization [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Remaining balance in mortgage loans 4,100,000,000fhn_RemainingBalanceInActiveProprietarySecuritizations
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FHProprietarySecuritizationMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= fhn_AlternativeMortgageLoansMember
               
Jumbo Mortgage Loans [Member] | F H Proprietary Securitization [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Remaining balance in mortgage loans 1,800,000,000fhn_RemainingBalanceInActiveProprietarySecuritizations
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_FHProprietarySecuritizationMember
/ us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis
= fhn_JumboMortgageLoansMember
               
Minimum                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Estimated reasonably possible losses in excess of currently established liabilities 0fhn_EstimatedReasonablyPossibleLossesInExcessOfCurrentlyEstablishedLiabilities
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
               
Minimum | Debit Transaction Sequencing Matter [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Actual damages sought by plaintiff 5,000,000us-gaap_LossContingencyDamagesSoughtValue
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_DebitTransactionSequencingMatterMember
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MinimumMember
               
Maximum                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Estimated reasonably possible losses in excess of currently established liabilities 100,000,000fhn_EstimatedReasonablyPossibleLossesInExcessOfCurrentlyEstablishedLiabilities
/ us-gaap_RangeAxis
= us-gaap_MaximumMember
               
Investments Subject To Lawsuits [Member] | Mortgage Securitization Litigation [Member]                  
Loss Contingencies [Line Items]                  
Ending certificate balance of the investments subject to lawsuits and indemnification requests                 $ 239,100,000fhn_EndingCertificateBalanceOfInvestmentsSubjectToLawsuitsAndIndemnificationRequests
/ fhn_LoanSecuritizationLoanTypeAxis
= fhn_InvestmentsSubjectToLawsuitsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_MortgageSecuritizationLitigationMember
Investments percentage performing                 85.00%fhn_InvestmentsPercentagePerforming
/ fhn_LoanSecuritizationLoanTypeAxis
= fhn_InvestmentsSubjectToLawsuitsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_MortgageSecuritizationLitigationMember
Cumulative losses on investments, percentage of unpaid balance                 6.00%fhn_CumulativeLossesOnInvestmentsPercentageOfUnpaidBalance
/ fhn_LoanSecuritizationLoanTypeAxis
= fhn_InvestmentsSubjectToLawsuitsMember
/ us-gaap_LossContingenciesByNatureOfContingencyAxis
= fhn_MortgageSecuritizationLitigationMember