POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these present, that the undersigned
hereby constitutes and appoints each of C. Morris Davis,
 Leslie K. O'Neal and Grant F. Adamson, acting singly,
as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
 in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or
 director of Temple-Inland Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)
 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and
 on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary
 or desirable to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the
 United States Securities and Exchange Commission
 and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
 in connection with the foregoing which, in the
opinion of such attorney-in-act, may be of benefit
 to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the
 documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power
of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain
 such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
 may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each
such attorney-in-fact full power and authority
to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be
done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
 herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if
 personally present, with full power of substitution
 or revocations, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such
attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
of this power of attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
 that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned,
 are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply
 with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
 force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
 required to file Forms 3, 4 or 5 with respect to the
 undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
 issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorney-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused
 this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this  2nd
 day of May, 2008.


/s/ Larry C. Norton