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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001005477-08-006414.txt : 20081117
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20081117114331
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001005477-08-006414
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081107
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081117
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081117

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000099614
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				135441850
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PARK AVENUE,
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2128501864

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 PARK AVENUE
		STREET 2:		8TH FLOOR
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10017

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	TRI CONTINENTAL CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Alison Taunton-Rigby
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001024054

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		081194490

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		365 PLANTATION ST
		STREET 2:		C/O CAMBRIDGE BIOTECH CORP
		CITY:			WORCESTER
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01605
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7812593183

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O RIBONOVIX, INC.
		STREET 2:		8 FARRAR ROAD
		CITY:			LINCOLN
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			01773

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RIGBY ALISON TAUNTON
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19961002
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    <schemaVersion>X0203</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-11-07</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TY</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001024054</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Alison Taunton-Rigby</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>901 S. MARQUETTE AVENUE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55402</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Tri-Continental Corporation Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>200</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph D'Alessandro, power of attorney for Alison Taunton-Rigby</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-11-17</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>taunton-rigbypoaty.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POA FOR ALISON TAUNTON-RIGBY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY


        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned, hereby appoints
Joseph D'Alessandro, Paul B. Goucher, Christopher O. Petersen, Scott R.
Plummer and William F. Truscott, attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for in name and stead, to sign and file Forms
3, 4 and 5 (Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership of Securities, Statement
of Changes in Beneficial Ownership, and Annual Statement of Changes in
Beneficial Ownership of Securities promulgated under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934), with respect to SELIGMAN LASALLE INTERNATIONAL
REAL ESTATE FUND, INC., TRI-CONTINENTAL CORPORATION AND SELIGMAN SELECT
MUNICIPAL FUND, each a Maryland Corporation, or further amendments thereto,
and any and all applications or other documents to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pertaining thereto, including
but not limited to, such applications as may be necessary to file
electronically with the SEC, full power and authority to do and perform all acts
and things requisite and necessary to be done on the premises. This appointment
shall be valid for the sole purpose stated above and shall be in effect and
force, unless sooner revoked by me in writing.

        Executed on this 12th day of November 2008.





Alison Taunton-Rigby


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