<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001140361-15-010720.txt : 20150306
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150306154407
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-15-010720
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150302
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150306
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150306

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:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		612-671-4321

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN STREET
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110

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

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hawkins William A.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001635928

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-00266
		FILM NUMBER:		15681411

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		901 S. MARQUETTE AVE. SUITE 2810
		CITY:			MINNEAPOLIS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55402
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 3
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    <periodOfReport>2015-03-02</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000099614</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>TRI-CONTINENTAL CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>TY</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001635928</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Hawkins William A.</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>901 S. MARQUETTE AVE. SUITE 2810</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>MINNEAPOLIS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MN</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>55402</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle></officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </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>

    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Joseph D'Alessandro, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-03-06</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<TYPE>EX-24.1
<SEQUENCE>2
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<PAGE>

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                               -----------------

City of Minneapolis

State of Minnesota

With respect to each of Columbia Seligman Premium Technology Growth Fund, Inc.,
Tri-Continental Corporation, and any other closed-end investment company for
which Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC now or hereafter serves as
investment adviser, the undersigned hereby appoints Scott R. Plummer, Paul B.
Goucher, Christopher O. Petersen, Joseph D'Alessandro or Ryan C. Larrenaga,
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), 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, with full power and authority to
do and perform all acts and things requisite and necessary to be done on the
premises.

Dated the 4/th/ day of March, 2015

/s/ William A. Hawkins
----------------------

William A. Hawkins
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