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Variable Interest Entities (Summary of the Impact of Qualifying LIHTC Investments) (Details) (USD $)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Low income housing tax credits [Member]    
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]    
Amortization of qualifying LIHTC investments $ 2,180,000fhn_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestmentsAmortization
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= fhn_LowIncomeHousingTaxCreditsMember
$ 2,470,000fhn_AmortizationMethodQualifiedAffordableHousingProjectInvestmentsAmortization
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= fhn_LowIncomeHousingTaxCreditsMember
Affordable Housing Tax Credits and Other Tax Benefits (2,363,000)fhn_AffordableHousingTaxCreditsAndOtherTaxBenefitsAmount
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= fhn_LowIncomeHousingTaxCreditsMember
(2,462,000)fhn_AffordableHousingTaxCreditsAndOtherTaxBenefitsAmount
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= fhn_LowIncomeHousingTaxCreditsMember
Other tax benefits related to qualifying LIHTC investments [Member]    
Variable Interest Entity [Line Items]    
Affordable Housing Tax Credits and Other Tax Benefits $ (844,000)fhn_AffordableHousingTaxCreditsAndOtherTaxBenefitsAmount
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= fhn_OtherTaxBenefitsRelatedToQualifyingLihtcInvestmentsMember
$ (1,855,000)fhn_AffordableHousingTaxCreditsAndOtherTaxBenefitsAmount
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= fhn_OtherTaxBenefitsRelatedToQualifyingLihtcInvestmentsMember