Wachovia Corp New (WBPS) 10-K 2007 FY Annual report

Exhibit (24)

WACHOVIA CORPORATION

POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the undersigned directors and officers of WACHOVIA CORPORATION (the “Corporation”) hereby constitute and appoint Mark C. Treanor, Ross E. Jeffries, Jr. and Anthony R. Augliera, and each of them severally, the true and lawful agents and attorneys-in-fact of the undersigned with full power and authority in said agents and the attorneys-in-fact, and in any one of them, to sign for the undersigned and in their respective names as directors and officers of the Corporation, the Corporation’s Annual Report onForm 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and to sign any and all amendments to such Annual Report.

SIGNATURE	CAPACITY
/s/  G. Kennedy Thompson      G. KENNEDY THOMPSON	Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
/s/  Thomas J. Wurtz      THOMAS J. WURTZ	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
/s/  Peter M. Carlson      PETER M. CARLSON	Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/  John D. Baker, II      JOHN D. BAKER, II	Director
/s/  Peter C. Browning      PETER C. BROWNING	Director
/s/  John T. Casteen III      JOHN T. CASTEEN III	Director
/s/  Jerome A. Gitt      JEROME A. GITT	Director
/s/  William H. Goodwin, JR.      WILLIAM H. GOODWIN, JR.	Director
/s/  Maryellen C. Herringer      MARYELLEN C. HERRINGER	Director
/s/  Robert A. Ingram      ROBERT A. INGRAM	Director
/s/  Donald M. James      DONALD M. JAMES	Director
/s/  Mackey J. Mcdonald      MACKEY J. MCDONALD	Director

SIGNATURE	CAPACITY
/s/  Joseph Neubauer      JOSEPH NEUBAUER	Director
/s/  Timothy D. Proctor      TIMOTHY D. PROCTOR	Director
/s/  Ernest S. Rady      ERNEST S. RADY	Director
/s/  Van L. Richey      VAN L. RICHEY	Director
/s/  Ruth G. Shaw      RUTH G. SHAW	Director
/s/  Lanty L. Smith      LANTY L. SMITH	Director
/s/  Dona Davis Young      DONA DAVIS YOUNG	Director

February 19, 2008

Charlotte, NC