Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 10-K 2004 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.(a).

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION

     In connection with the Annual Report of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Thomas E. Hoaglin, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin  

Thomas E. Hoaglin 

Chief Executive Officer
March 2, 2005