Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) 10-K 2003 FY Annual report

Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each director and officer of Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (the “Corporation”), whose signature appears below hereby appoints Richard A. Cheap, Thomas E. Hoaglin, and Michael J. McMennamin, or any of them, as his or her attorney-in-fact, to sign, in his or her name and behalf and in any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Annual Report”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003, and likewise to sign and file any amendments, including post-effective amendments, to the Annual Report, and the Corporation hereby also appoints such persons as its attorneys-in-fact and each of them as its attorney-in-fact with like authority to sign and file the Annual Report and any amendments thereto in its name and behalf, each such person and the Corporation hereby granting to such attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation, and hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Power of Attorney, in counterparts if necessary, effective as of January 16, 2004.

DIRECTORS/OFFICERS:

Signatures	Title
/s/ Thomas E. Hoaglin       Thomas E. Hoaglin	Chairman, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Michael J. McMennamin       Michael J. McMennamin	Vice Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ John D. Van Fleet       John D. Van Fleet	Senior Vice President and Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Raymond J. Biggs       Raymond J. Biggs	Director
/s/ Don M. Casto III       Don M. Casto III	Director
/s/ Michael J. Endres       Michael J. Endres	Director
/s/ John B. Gerlach, Jr.       John B. Gerlach, Jr.	Director
/s/ David P. Lauer       David P. Lauer	Director
/s/ Wm. J. Lhota       Wm. J. Lhota	Director
/s/ David L. Porteous       David L. Porteous	Director
/s/ Kathleen H. Ransier       Kathleen H. Ransier	Director
Robert H. Schottenstein	Director
/s/ George A. Skestos       George A. Skestos	Director
Lewis R. Smoot, Sr.	Director